Hundreds more families to receive letter for maternity review

Hundreds of families who have potentially experienced poor maternity care in Nottingham are to receive a letter asking them to join a review, adding to the 1,000 previously contacted. Donna Ockenden, who is leading the probe following deaths at the maternity units at City Hospital and Queen's Medical Centre, said a total of 949 families and 400 current and former staff members had now made contact.

Last November, Nottingham University Hospitals sent letters to a further 1,000 families who fell within the review's terms of reference. These are cases of stillbirths, neonatal deaths, babies with significant brain damage, severe maternal harm and maternal death.Speaking to Nottinghamshire Live today , Ms Ockenden said only 226 of those had so far given consent to be included in the "huge" review and revealed NUH would be sending letters to an additional 300 families.

Ms Ockenden said the review was still in its early stages, but said a regular theme they had encountered when hearing from families was NUH not listening to concerns. "We've had a lot of families coming forward saying 'we tried to raise concerns but hit a brick wall, we tried and we tried until we had no more energy left to give this'," she said.

Ms Ockenden was appointed to lead the review In May last year after a campaign by bereaved parents. It comes after reports that dozens of babies had died or were left with serious injuries due to the care they received at NUH.

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