Government minister, Baroness Merron, has met with staff and service users during a tour of maternity and neonatal services at Bristol’s Southmead Hospital.
The CQC has called for action to avoid poor care and preventable harm in maternity services becoming ‘normalised’.
England's Health Ombudsman has warned that women and babies are being put at risk after a ‘worrying' rise in the number of investigations about maternity care.
Chesterfield Royal Hospital Trust has admitted failings in the care of a baby who died after contracting chicken pox.
A new report by MPs has called on the government to appoint a new maternity commissioner and publish a National Maternity Improvement Strategy.
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