Independent Review of Scottish Maternity Services Gets Underway
The review will hear from staff and families across Scotland and will examine rural services, inequalities and linked care areas.
- On Monday, Health Secretary Angela Constance announced an independent maternity review chaired by Professor Christine McCourt to identify systemic changes needed to strengthen services across Scotland.
- The review follows a week-long series, "Scotland's Maternity Crisis," detailing extensive problems; nearly 500 high-level incidents including deaths and patient deterioration were recorded across Scotland over the past three years.
- Investigators will conduct intensive, week-long site visits in around half of Scotland's health boards, while remaining boards will participate through "briefer, less intensive visits or engagement" as part of a "whole-system approach."
- Scottish Liberal Democrat health spokesman Adam Harley called the review a "welcome step," though bereaved families warned it risks becoming an "absolute insult" if it fails to deliver "real and tangible change."
- McCourt will submit findings and recommendations in July 2027, with the review specifically examining disparities for Black and Asian women in rural and island communities across Scotland.
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