Ockenden report, as it happened: families call for public inquiry and say babies treated with ‘absence of dignity’

This blog is now closed, you can read more on this story here:Hundreds died or harmed due to ‘toxic’ maternity careTruly horrific’: five stories from the scandalWhat are the key report findings?Presenting some of her findings, Ockenden said her team found “significant or major concerns in care where different or better care may have made a difference to the outcome” in the following cases:21% of cases where mothers died,26% of cases where mothers experienced a major obstetric haemorrhage,36% of cases where a mother had an unplanned admission to intensive care,20% of cases involving a mother’s care when a baby was stillborn,50% of a mother’s care when a baby suffered hypoxic brain injury. Continue reading...