Rhiannon Davies welcomes news that Shrewsbury and Telford hospitals are among those to be reviewed.
A mother instrumental in uncovering poor maternity care has welcomed a new review into 14 health trusts, including the one which treated her. Rhiannon Davies' daughter Kate died after a series of failings by the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals Trust in 2009.
This event led to a review by senior midwife Donna Ockenden who found babies' deathsnamed SaTH among the trustsMs Davies said the inquiry was a "significant step in the right direction", but the leader of the review, Baroness Amos, had "so much work to do". The review was due to be completed by December, but will now not report until Spring 2026. Baroness Amos has said she will aim to produce interim findings around Christmas. Ms Davies, who lives in Hereford, told BBC Midlands Today the delay was inevitable, given the need to ensure families were happy with the choice of chair and those advising her.Rhiannon Davies and Richard Stanton were instrumental in getting the inquiry by Donna Ockenden established Ms Davies and her husband Richard Stanton fought for years for acknowledgement that baby Kate's death was preventable. They campaigned with other parents to get the Ockenden Review into SaTH's maternity care established. ThisSince then, the Care Quality Commission found that services there had got better, but still graded them as requiring improvement. Similar cases have emerged in several other areas, and Donna Ockenden who led the Shropshire inquiry is now investigating hospitals in Nottingham. The Amos review is aimed at discovering why recommendations from previous reports, including in Shropshire, have not led to sustained improvements across maternity services. Ms Davies said it would not be "just another inquiry", because previous investigations had been trust-specific.She added: "I know there are many patterns of failure across the UK... and I think this is a step to understanding why some hospital trusts are so poor, some are hiding, some are finding it incredibly hard to be honest with people when things go wrong."
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