‘Extremely concerning for patients and staff’: that’s the verdict from medical negligence experts at Switalskis after five ‘challenged’ NHS Trusts were named as being the first to be placed on a recovery programme by the Government.

One of our medical negligence experts has expressed his deep concern for patient safety in an interview with the BBC after latest data from NHS England named a Trust running hospitals in Hull and East Yorkshire as the worst in the country.

Medical negligence experts at Switalskis have welcomed a government decision to appoint senior midwife Donna Ockenden to the role of chair for the forthcoming inquiry into maternity care at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust – but say the inquiry needs to start urgently for all those families who have been affected by failings in their care.

The anniversary of Bethan Jones’ death from sepsis has once again brought into focus a devastating and all too familiar issue - the failure to recognise and treat sepsis quickly enough.

An expert medical negligence solicitor based in East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire has expressed ‘grave concerns’ over patient safety after it emerged that the organisation responsible for hospitals in the region has been placed into special measures.

Capacity issues, depleted services, poor inter-team relationships, racism and bullying were just some of the findings released by Baroness Amos in her Interim Report as part of the National Maternity and Neonatal Investigation, which  is examining 12 NHS Trusts and their maternity services.

The Supreme Court’s judgment handed down on February 18, 2026 was a landmark moment for all children who have seen their lives shortened through negligence, a number of whom we are currently supporting at Switalskis.

Expert medical negligence and maternity specialists at Switalskis have described reports questioning the standard of care at University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust as ‘seriously concerning and in need of urgent attention’.