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On the way to London for last NHS England meeting, following my decision to stand down as national service user representative with the Maternity & Neonatal Programme. We will continue to campaign for Coroner & Medical Examiner jurisdiction for stillbirths, Nicky, Co-founder CfSB

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The Sands - baby loss charity 💜🧡 and Tommy's Joint Policy Unit has found that NHS advice about contacting maternity services with pregnancy concerns varies across the UK. ➡️ sands.org.uk/maternity-serv… We're asking the NHS and government how they can improve advice and save babies' lives. #BabyLoss

🚨 Maternity services “Failings uncovered in recent high-profile investigations are not isolated to just a handful of individual trusts," says CQC specialist care director Nicola Wise

CQC report published today: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

In Today’s Times:

Bad NHS bosses 'should be disqualified' - inquiry bbc.com/news/articles/…

275 women died in the UK during pregnancy or up to six weeks after the end of pregnancy in 2020-2022 from causes related to or exacerbated by pregnancy among 2,028,543 women giving birth, a maternal mortality rate of 13.56 per 100,000 buff.ly/2HR30eT

Catherine Roy Not the first time or last this has been an issue. Gov consultation on stillbirths and inquests never resolved.

If stillbirths were part of the inquest process this could not happen!

Hospital covered up baby’s death, says senior coroner: “Doctors… did not refer the incident to the coroner and wrongly told the HSIB that Elton had been stillborn and no investigation was required, an inquest into his death was told.” thetimes.com/article/adff1f…

One in three denied help and pain relief after giving birth on NHS thetimes.com/article/cc5657…

Maternity survey 2024 - Care Quality Commission: cqc.org.uk/publications/s…

CQC Maternity Survey: New question added 2024 - results show that 1 in 10 women were sent home in labour when they were worried about themself or their baby: cqc.org.uk/sites/default/… Catherine Roy Derek Richford @Helen_Gittos James Titcombe

CQC Maternity Survey CQCProf : New question added in 2023 - results for 2024 show 37% considered making a complaint about the care received Data: cqc.org.uk/sites/default/… Main link: cqc.org.uk/publications/s… James Titcombe Catherine Roy Wes Streeting Department of Health and Social Care Nicki Burnett

1/4 Appalled to read another report about the current state of the NHS. Highlighting the NEED for accelerated progress within maternity so that the service provided to mothers, babies, and families is safe for everyone.

"Between 2014 and 2022, cases of medical negligence relating to stillbirths, newborn fatalities and children who later died after being brain damaged during delivery rose by around 16 per cent." dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…

Senior NHS bosses should be regulated - Letby inquiry bbc.com/news/articles/…

Will I ever get to a position where I'm not writing stories like this? I always hoped so, but maybe I was naive.

A quick thread on what the data tells us about maternity safety in England over the last 10 years 🧵 1/8