Announcements
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Donna Ockenden – Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals NHS Trust
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The number of families who have contacted the independent review into maternity care at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust has increased
The number of families who have contacted the independent review into maternity care at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust has increased. In light of this, Donna Ockenden has today finalised the revised terms of reference for the Review in agreement with NHS England, families and the Trust.
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The number of cases uncovered by a maternity review, led by Donna Ockenden at hospitals in Shropshire has more than doubled.
The number of cases uncovered by a maternity review, led by Donna Ockenden at hospitals in Shropshire has more than doubled. In 2017, the then Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt announced the investigation, into avoidable baby deaths at SaTH, which runs Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and Telford’s Princess Royal. NHS Improvement has now asked for the total of deaths, still births and babies with brain damage since 1998. It said they were not necessarily the result of sub-standard care.