‘I just wanted to touch base after today’s report. I know it must have been harrowing and deeply distressing. I think you’ve done brilliantly and I hope your recommendations are followed. Thank you for all you do for mothers and babies.’
GS, Trustee of Charity, Twitter
‘Dear Donna,
I am writing on behalf of members, past and present, of the Bereavement Support Team at Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust to express our deepest admiration for your well-received “Ockenden Report”.
To have taken on that piece of work must have been very challenging indeed; we noted your ready admission of the pain you experienced personally in that necessary task of listening to the women and their families who had suffered so greatly.
We all recall with great thanks your years at Portsmouth: the encouragement you gave … in exploring the possibilities of establishing a thorough and ambitious training programme. Your enthusiastic backing, plus the very necessary funding, made so much possible – including making available …[external] expertise. The Training Courses eventually grew to include nurses from Gynae, NICU and Ancillary staff working in all areas. There was even a slot in the Divisional Induction Programme for Junior Doctors, which was well-received. We wish you every success in taking your work forward – knowing that you are absolutely the right person for such an important work not only in Shrewsbury but throughout England. You have our hearts with you!’
NHS Chaplain
Hi Donna, I just wanted to say a huge thank you for the excellent report. Heartbreaking though it is, I think we will finally see real action taken as a result of the work you and your team are doing. And that gives me hope for the future – a good place to end this challenging year. Warmest wishes’
Midwife Colleague NHS
Donna, how can we ever thank you enough. You have created such an opportunity for positive change. Thank you.
Mr and Mrs S-D, March 2022
To Donna,
We cannot express our thanks and gratitude in words, but your reports will change the maternity service forever.
Mr and Mrs G, March 2022
Thank you so much for everything!
Your compassion and kindness throughout the review has made it a lot easier to be patient ourselves.
We admire your strength whilst doing the review, a job we wouldn’t wish on anyone. It can’t have been easy at times.
Thank you again.
Mr and Mrs R, March 2022
Listening to you give the report, I was very impressed with your review. I understood everything you said and would like to thank you. I felt your compassion and kindness for the families.
Mrs J, March 2022
Dear Donna – thank you for the work you have undertaken on behalf of the families who have suffered so dreadfully. I hope the brave report you have produced will bring about changes and that you personally will gain comfort from this. I am thinking of you.
Ms S, March 2022
I did watch your online meeting this morning, thank you very much to yourself and your team for all your hard work, I can’t imagine it was easy.
Thank you,
Mrs H, March 2022
Thank you for all you have done and for all your hard work up here in Shropshire.
Mrs C, March 2022
I would like to thank every member of the team involved in this report. You have my gratitude, thanks and respect.
Mrs K, March 2002
I want you ALL to know that I am truly grateful for listening to my personal story from 1987 when the truth was hidden from me.
You have been part of such an important, vital investigation I hope you all understand how much this is appreciated.
The report was powerful, straight to the point, blunt, direct and held nothing back.
THANK YOU.
You have my continued support for difficult job.
Much love to every one of the team.
Mrs S, March 2022
Dear Donna, Thank you for your report. You have shown such commitment, integrity and empathy for all of us during this time. You are truly on our side!
Mrs J, March 2022
Hello Donna and team.
Firstly I can’t thank you enough for all the tireless work you have put into investigating the baby deaths at Shrewsbury hospital and the shocking information you have uncovered. I think I speak for all the mothers and fathers affected, there was sadness yesterday, but also some closure that those responsible are being held accountable and our children can finally rest in peace. Thank you again from the bottom of my heart.
Mrs S, March 2022
I thought was handled with as always care and compassion – so thank you to everyone involved.
Mrs D-L, March 2022
My thanks to Donna and the whole team for the tremendous work you do.
Mrs M, March 2022
Thank you with all my heart from me and my little boys for doing such an outstanding job and recommendations for New Cross hospital, I am eternally grateful to you
Ms C, March 2022
Dear Donna and team
I am writing to express my profound and heartfelt thanks for the devoted work and attention you have given to uncovering the dire failings at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust.
I wish you all the best and thank you again for all you have done to date.
Ms W, March 2022
Hello Donna and Team
Thank you for everything you have all done on our behalf.
It is brilliant that the report has been published, that it covers so many important issues, that there has been so much publicity about the dreadful happenings and people are now more aware of what happened in Shrewsbury and Telford, and that now more of the Actions can be put in place.
With best wishes
Mrs B, March 2022
I have just listened to your zoom webinar, thank you for providing me with opportunity to listen to the preliminary findings ahead of publication of your report. Thank you also so much for the tremendous work that you and your team have been doing.
Again, thank you sincerely for all that you are doing.
– Mrs R
Dear Donna
I hope all is well with you.
Congratulations on the Report that you launched today.
Your report will give a voice to each baby and their parents.
I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Kind regards and thanks.
– Mrs M
Hi,
I just want to say how amazed I am at how Donna and your team are fighting for all the cases from the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust. The local actions for learning and plan of actions for improvement sound fantastic.
I thank Kate and Pippa and others who never gave up fighting for justice.
With kindest regards.
– Mrs M
“Dear Donna
I hope all is well with you.
Congratulations on the Report that you launched today.
Your report will give a voice to each baby and their parents.
I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Kind regards and thanks.”
Mrs M
“Good morning,
I have just listened into the webinar this morning and firstly wanted to say how grateful we are for the efforts your team are making on our behalf, working so hard to bring about change at the maternity services in Shrewsbury and Telford. I appreciate too that the number of cases being considered makes a personal response to each question raised very difficult.
Many thanks again for all you are doing.”
Mrs W
“I have just listened to your zoom webinar, thank you for providing me with opportunity to listen to the preliminary findings ahead of publication of your report. Thank you also so much for the tremendous work that you and your team have been doing.
Again, thank you sincerely for all that you are doing.”
Mrs R