Two Nhs Trusts Dropped From National Maternity Review

Two England NHS trusts person been removed from a reappraisal of maternity failings led by Baroness Valerie Amos.

The news trusts successful Shropshire and Leeds had been dropped comes aft nan authorities said it would transportation retired accelerated examinations of "failures successful nan system", confirming past period they were 2 of 14 included.

However, nan Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust (SaTH) has been dropped aft "discussions pinch West Mercia Police astir nan item and schedule of [an] ongoing investigation". The determination has near families shocked.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has besides been removed, pursuing a "separate maternity inquiry announced by nan Secretary of State" connected Monday, nan reappraisal assemblage said.

The nationalist enquiry is owed to urgently look astatine nan worst-performing maternity and neonatal services successful nan state and to study backmost by December.

In 2022, a reappraisal of maternity services successful Shropshire, led by elder nurse Donna Ockenden, concluded catastrophic failures whitethorn person led to nan deaths of much than 200 babies, 9 mothers and near different infants pinch life-changing injuries.

West Mercia Police began its ain investigation successful 2020, to research whether location was grounds to support a criminal lawsuit against nan spot aliases immoderate individuals involved.

Earlier this year, nan unit announced it had started interviewing existent and erstwhile members of staff.

Charlotte Cheshire, of Newport successful Shropshire, has a boy who was near severely abnormal because of maternity failings successful nan county.

She said she was "absolutely horrified" to perceive SaTH had been removed from nan review.

She learned of nan determination erstwhile a missive was sent to immoderate parents connected Tuesday.

The determination to exclude Shropshire and Leeds from nan reappraisal would mean stories from families would not beryllium heard, she explained.

"I cannot spot really location is immoderate anticipation of Baroness Amos and her squad really getting to nan bottommost of nan issues that could amended maternity attraction going forward," Ms Cheshire said.