Donna Ockenden: families will be ‘at the heart’ of review into NUH maternity services
Tue 12th July, 2022
Donna Ockenden: families will be ‘at the heart’ of review into NUH maternity services
Senior midwife Donna Ockenden says families will be “at the heart” of a new review into Nottingham’s inadequate maternity services.
Ms Ockenden today visited Nottingham ahead of chairing her own independent review into Nottingham University Hospitals Trust (NUH), where maternity units are rated ‘inadequate’ by inspectors and dozens of babies have died or been injured.
On July 11 she also met a number of harmed families ahead of reviewing the services provided at both the Queen’s Medical Centre and City Hospital.
The review will officially start in September 2022 and is expected to last around 18 months – depending on the number of families who come forward.