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Three in five pregnant women say midwives most trusted source on vaccination

By Lee Peart 12 March 2026

Three in five (60%) women think midwives and other healthcare professionals are the most important reason for taking vaccinations, according to a new survey.

MATERNITY

BREAKING NEWS: Ockenden to chair Leeds maternity inquiry

By Lee Peart 10 March 2026

Health and social care secretary Wes Streeting has appointed Donna Ockenden as the chair of the Leeds Teaching Hospitals maternity inquiry.

MATERNITY

Who is responsible for damaging NHS maternity services?

06 March 2026

Lorin Lakasing, author of Delivering the truth: Why NHS maternity care is broken and how we can fix it together, discusses how a tox dynamic has evolved in maternity care.

MATERNITY

Maternity services at NUH again rated requires improvement

By Lee Peart 05 March 2026

Maternity services at Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) NHS Trust have again been rated requires improvement by the CQC.

PREVENTION

Holding Government to account

By Lee Peart 04 March 2026

Labour MP Paulette Hamilton explains how she helps hold the Government to account through her role as vice-chair of the Health and Social Care Committee

MATERNITY

Streeting vows to review maternity inquiry chair appointment

By Lee Peart 25 February 2026

Health and social care secretary Wes Streeting has pledged to review his decision not to appoint Donna Ockenden to lead the maternity inquiry into Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

MATERNITY

Dozens of baby deaths could have been avoided, investigation finds

By Lee Peart 12 February 2026

An investigation into maternity care at University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (UH Sussex) has found at least 55 baby deaths between 2019 and 2023 could have been avoided.

MATERNITY

Call for Ockenden to chair Leeds maternity inquiry

By Lee Peart 12 February 2026

MPs have called for an inquiry into maternity and neonatal services at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTH) to be led by senior midwife Donna Ockenden.

ESTATES

Royal Lancaster Infirmary to open maternity triage unit and bereavement suite

By Lee Peart 21 January 2026

A new maternity triage unit and bereavement suite is scheduled to open at Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI) at the end of March.

MATERNITY

Royal College of Midwives backs whole-system approach to maternity safety

By Lee Peart 13 January 2026

The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has welcomed a new Maternity Care Bundle published by NHS England, aimed at improving maternity safety, reducing maternal deaths and serious illness, and tacklin...

MATERNITY

Hospital's maternity services upgraded by CQC

By Lee Peart 07 January 2026

Maternity services at Harrogate District Hospital (HFDT) have been upgraded from requires improvement to good by the CQC following a July 2025 inspection.