Reading the signals: maternity and neonatal services in East Kent – the report of the independent investigation

Reading the signals: maternity and neonatal services in East Kent – the report of the independent investigation Following concerns raised about the quality and outcomes of maternity and neonatal care, an independent investigation into maternity and neonatal services at East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust was commissioned. The primary reason for this report is to set out the truth of what happened, so that maternity services in East Kent can begin to meet the standards expected nationally, for the sake of those to come. The report identifies four areas for action. The NHS could be much better at: identifying poorly performing units; giving care with compassion and kindness; teamworking with a common purpose; and responding to challenge with honesty. Department of Health and Social Care

See also:

• NMC statement in response to publication of the East Kent Maternity Review Nursing and Midwifery Council
• We must work together to fix maternity care Royal College of Midwives
• RCOG responds to the East Kent maternity investigation Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
• Everything you need to know about the East Kent maternity scandal The Daily Mail
• Timeline of East Kent maternity scandal The Daily Mail
• How East Kent shares chilling similarities with other inquiries into appalling maternity cases  The Daily Mail
• ‘This cannot go on’: NHS maternity care report’s author calls for fresh approach The Guardian
• East Kent NHS inquiry finds better care might have prevented 45 babies’ deaths The Guardian
• Maternity care is not on a journey of obvious improvement The Guardian
• ‘They lied to all of us’: Families who lost babies due to maternity failings call for criminal prosecution The Independent