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Maternity review: New national commissioner ‘will tackle NHS failures’
The review cited avoidable harm, racism and unsafe care across 12 trusts and said 1,000 temporary midwife roles will be created.
- Following a "rapid review" led by Baroness Valerie Amos, the government announced it will appoint a national maternity commissioner to drive urgent reforms across NHS care after exposing repeated failures.
- Assessors visited 12 NHS trusts and consulted more than 450 families, receiving over 10,500 responses revealing a system plagued by "fragmented governance," inadequate oversight, and persistent workforce pressures.
- Families reported "avoidable harm and lifelong trauma," describing internal investigations as "marking their own homework." The review identified "medical misogyny" embedded throughout, where women's voices were dismissed when raising safety concerns.
- Health Secretary James Murray stated the commissioner will "drive lasting change," but the Maternity Safety Alliance condemned the proposal as "fundamentally dangerous," arguing it lacks necessary independence to create real reform.
- Officials plan to create 1,000 temporary midwife roles backed by more than £10 million in funding, as the Department of Health prepares a national action plan for December following the Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust inquiry where more than 500 mothers and babies suffered avoidable harm.
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