Switalskis experts back call for maternity commissioner as Amos report demands urgent change in maternity services and says: ‘We cannot continue like this’

Specialist maternity experts and medical negligence solicitors at Switalskis say a damning report into the care of babies and families at Nottingham University Hospitals’ (NUH) NHS Trust is a clarion call for urgent action to improve services to prevent future harm.

A couple being supported by Switalskis’ expert medical negligence team in their search for answers as to why their baby son died just four days after his birth have shared their story with the BBC.

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’.

A West Yorkshire mother whose baby was stillborn after a series of missed opportunities pre-birth at Leeds General Infirmary has joined a group of families in delivering a letter to 10 Downing Street urging an inquiry into maternity care at the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King’s Lynn is part of a national review led by Baroness Valerie Amos to improve maternity and neonatal care, enhance safety, reduce birth injuries, and ensure compassionate, high-quality support for families.

A new report from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has once again raised serious concerns about maternity care at both Royal Derby Hospital and Queen’s Hospital, Burton.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (OUH) has been named among 12 trusts in England whose maternity services will be examined as part of a new national review into maternity and neonatal care, announced by Health Secretary Wes Streeting.