Nottingham maternity review – parents’ concerns “should have been acted on sooner”

Donna Ockenden, who is leading a review into maternity failings at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, says families’ concerns should have been acted on sooner, after police revealed plans for a criminal enquiry.

The trust have said they would cooperate with the investigation.

Ms Ockenden said she was confident the police investigation and her own independent review would be able to go ahead without impeding each other.

She added “I had an in-depth conversation with the chief constable Kate Meynell) on Wednesday.  She has assured me the work of her officers will not impede our progress.”

Anthony May, chief executive of the trust, has “expressed commitment” to the independent review and police investigation, adding “I also reiterate the commitment we made to the families involved at our annual public meeting in July of an honest and transparent relationship with them.”

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