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23 hours agoSenior midwife appointed to maternity inquiry
An independent review of maternity services in Sussex will be led by senior midwife Donna Ockenden, focusing on transparency and family experiences.
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1 month agoRacism and 'poor' staff relationships factors in maternity care failings, report finds
I have seen bad, poor, good and excellent care co-existing side by side. Families have described to me good experiences, terrible experiences. It is patchy, it is inconsistent and what this investigation is about, is trying to find out the things that move us from poor and bad to good and excellent.
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3 months agoBabies in Midlands and North 'more likely to die around birth'
Babies in the Midlands and North of England are more likely to die before, during or shortly after birth than those in the South, a new study has found. Researchers analysed data from 121 maternity services in England to see which centres repeatedly produced outcomes better or worse than the average between 2013 and 2022. The 10 worst-performing centres were in the Midlands and North of England, and the 15 best-performing in the South.
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