The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has warned that recent failings within maternity services are 'not isolated'. Health Secretary Wes Streeting said the findings were a 'cause for national shame'.
A health watchdog has warned that failings identified within NHS maternity services across England are 'more widespread' than previously thought. A review of 131 inspections by the Care Quality Commission has found common issues with the quality and safety of NHS services, with almost half rated as inadequate or requiring improvement. Only 4% were classed as outstanding and 48% were rated as good.
Donna Ockenden, who led a landmark inquiry into maternity failings at the Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust, told Sky News that the last government was 'asleep at the wheel' in relation to maternity safety. Over two decades, hundreds of babies were left brain damaged or dead at the trust. Ms Ockenden has repeated concerns she raised in May by insisting too little has changed since her report two years ago.
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