Announcement from Donna Ockenden
Today, letters will start to be sent out to all families who may have made contact with or joined the CCG commissioned maternity review that stopped its work in June of this year. Families may remember that our Independent Maternity Review started its work on the 1st September 2022
The letter to families will be sent by the commissioning support unit (‘CSU‘), an organisation that worked alongside the clinical commissioning group (‘CCG‘) in Nottinghamshire. There are two parts to the letter, consisting of a covering letter from the CSU and an introduction to the new review from me, Donna Ockenden, as Chair of the Independent Maternity Review.
My review team and I feel it is important to give all those families who were part of the initial review the opportunity to join our Independent Review, if this is what they would like to do.
Read the letter about the first review
Read the letter from Donna Ockenden
Would you like to join our Independent Review?
The letter will explain how to either join or not join the new independent review.
If you wish to join the independent review, my team and I will make you very welcome. Please be aware that if you do not respond to the letter saying that you wish for your details to be shared, your information would not be shared with the Independent Maternity Review team.
What will our Independent Review do and how can I find out more?
If you would like more information about our Independent Review, please look at the information, which can be found here. You can also contact our review team on nottsreview@donnaockenden.com
The purpose of our Independent Review is to find out if the trust adequately investigated cases, learnt lessons and whether those lessons have been acted upon. The ultimate aim of our Independent Review is to make sure that the Trust’s maternity service improve.
Listening to families across Nottinghamshire ensures that ‘family voices’ will be heard and acted upon. This will remain our focus throughout the Independent Review and, will be reflected in anonymised accounts, in the final published report.
What should I do next?
Please read the letter from the CSU and let them know what your decision is about whether you wish to join our independent review. Once your decision has been received, next steps to sharing your information will begin for those families who choose to join our review.