Independent Review of maternity services at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust

Independent Review of maternity services at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust  The final report of the Independent Review of maternity services at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust.

This report identifies more than 60 Local Actions for Learning for the Trust and another 15 key Immediate and Essential Actions to improve all maternity services in England, including financing a safe and sustainable maternity and neonatal workforce and ensuring training for the whole maternity team meets the needs of todays maternity services. We state that trust Boards must have oversight and understanding of their maternity services. Trust boards must ensure that they listen to and hear local families and their own staff. Ockenden Maternity Review

See also:

• Final report of the Independent Review of Maternity Services at The Shrewsbury and Telford  Hospital NHS Trust published (press release) Ockenden Maternity Review
• NHS Confederation responds to Ockenden review NHS Confederation
• RCM response to Ockenden review into maternity services at Shrewsbury and Telford Royal College of Midwives
• Dark day for maternity services as RCOG responds to the final Ockenden review Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists 
• Catastrophic failures led to mother and baby deaths BBC News
• Shrewsbury and Telford maternity scandal: 'Grave concern' as new cases reported BBC News
• Shrewsbury and Telford Trust: Better care might have saved over 200 babies BBC News
• Baby deaths inquiry: Shrewsbury NHS trust condemned for ‘repeated failures’ The Guardian
• Women and babies remain at risk of unsafe NHS care, experts warn The Guardian
• Shropshire baby deaths report: parents express relief and anger
• Shrewsbury maternity scandal: Hundreds of babies may have died in decades-long failings, report set to find The Independent
• Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust 'failed to investigate, failed to learn and failed to improve' says report Sky News
• Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust: Stories behind the worst maternity scandal in NHS history Sky News