Who is responsible for damaging NHS maternity services?
06 March 2026
Lorin Lakasing, author of Delivering the truth: Why NHS maternity care is broken and how we can fix it together, discusses how a tox dynamic has evolved in maternity care.
Maternity services at NUH again rated requires improvement
By Lee Peart 05 March 2026
Maternity services at Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) NHS Trust have again been rated requires improvement by the CQC.
Holding Government to account
By Lee Peart 04 March 2026
Labour MP Paulette Hamilton explains how she helps hold the Government to account through her role as vice-chair of the Health and Social Care Committee
Streeting vows to review maternity inquiry chair appointment
By Lee Peart 25 February 2026
Health and social care secretary Wes Streeting has pledged to review his decision not to appoint Donna Ockenden to lead the maternity inquiry into Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
Dozens of baby deaths could have been avoided, investigation finds
By Lee Peart 12 February 2026
An investigation into maternity care at University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (UH Sussex) has found at least 55 baby deaths between 2019 and 2023 could have been avoided.
Call for Ockenden to chair Leeds maternity inquiry
By Lee Peart 12 February 2026
MPs have called for an inquiry into maternity and neonatal services at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTH) to be led by senior midwife Donna Ockenden.
Royal Lancaster Infirmary to open maternity triage unit and bereavement suite
By Lee Peart 21 January 2026
A new maternity triage unit and bereavement suite is scheduled to open at Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI) at the end of March.
Royal College of Midwives backs whole-system approach to maternity safety
By Lee Peart 13 January 2026
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has welcomed a new Maternity Care Bundle published by NHS England, aimed at improving maternity safety, reducing maternal deaths and serious illness, and tacklin...
Hospital's maternity services upgraded by CQC
By Lee Peart 07 January 2026
Maternity services at Harrogate District Hospital (HFDT) have been upgraded from requires improvement to good by the CQC following a July 2025 inspection.
Government accused of not hearing black mothers' voices
By Lee Peart 17 December 2025
MPs have accused the Government of not hearing the voices of black mothers.
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