The distressing interim report finds repeated failures resulting in disabilities and death
Babies suffered fatal skull fractures as they were forced out of their mothers using forceps. Women were left screaming in agony for hours and were told by medical professionals that their agony was “nothing” and that they were “lazy”. Infants developed lifelong and life-changing disabilities as a result of terrible maternity care. Mothers were blamed for the death of their babies.
The findings of the interim report of the Ockenden inquiry into maternity care at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS trust are distressing in the extreme. The independent review is considering 1,862 cases, most between 2000 and 2019; it is likely to be one of the biggest healthcare scandals in the history of the NHS. Mothers and babies needlessly died and were left with avoidable and profound disabilities as a result of substandard care. In a breathtaking double injustice, it has taken an 11-year fight for grieving parents to get to the truth. They lack any assurance that this will not happen again. Parents are still fighting to get anything approaching minimum standard of care from underfunded services for their disabled children.
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