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Donna Ockenden urges families to come forward for the Nottingham maternity review

The midwife leading a review into Nottingham’s maternity services has urged families and staff to come forward with their experiences. Donna Ockenden was appointed in May to head the inquiry into the services at Queen’s Medical Centre and City Hospital.

It was launched after more than 100 families with experiences of maternity failings wrote to former Health Secretary Sajid Javid demanding the action. A much-criticised initial review was subsequently scrapped.

Ms Ockenden, who uncovered 200 avoidable baby deaths at Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust across two decades, said the review is now open to families, NHS workers and others who wish to contribute.

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Families who believe they have been seriously affected by their maternity care and treatment at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) can now contact the independent review team by email nottsreview@donnaockenden.com 

Former and current staff at the Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) can also contact in confidence via this email address too.

All emails will be responded in the near future. The Independent review is due to commence in early September 2022 and further information will be released closer to the time.

Donna Ockenden: families will be ‘at the heart’ of review into NUH maternity services

Senior midwife Donna Ockenden says families will be “at the heart” of a new review into Nottingham’s inadequate maternity services.

Ms Ockenden today visited Nottingham ahead of chairing her own independent review into Nottingham University Hospitals Trust (NUH), where maternity units are rated ‘inadequate’ by inspectors and dozens of babies have died or been injured.

On July 11 she also met a number of harmed families ahead of reviewing the services provided at both the Queen’s Medical Centre and City Hospital.

The review will officially start in September 2022 and is expected to last around 18 months – depending on the number of families who come forward.

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