The Maternity and Newborn Safety Investigations programme is part of a national strategy to improve maternity safety across the NHS in England.

What we do

All NHS trusts are required to tell us about certain patient safety incidents that happen in maternity care. This is so that we can carry out an independent investigation and, where relevant, make safety recommendations to improve services at local level and across the whole maternity healthcare system in England. Throughout investigations we work closely with the families, NHS trusts and staff involved. We do not place blame on individuals or investigate individual members of NHS staff.

The Maternity and Newborn Safety Investigation (MNSI) programme publishes it’s 2023/ 24 annual report

The report provides an overview of the work of the MNSI programme during 2023/24. It sets out the activities carried out by the investigation team since October 2023 when it transitioned to be hosted…

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The Maternity and Newborn Safety Investigation programme response to The Care Quality Commission (CQC) State of Care 2024 report.

Katherine Hawes, Deputy Director (Investigations) of the Maternity and Newborn Safety Investigation Programme, said:

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Commenting on the announcement of the Dash review into patient safety

Commenting on the announcement of the Dash review into patient safety, Sandy Lewis, Maternity and Newborn Safety Investigation Programme Director said:

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Feedback

This is an amazing service which you never know about until you’re living this nightmare, we can’t thank you all enough for such a thorough investigation.

Family

The investigators were very informative, professional, and made me feel comfortable. The questions I was asked were appropriate and I did not feel there was a slant on blame at all.

NHS staff

Fantastic service well supported throughout the whole process. Thank you.

Family

I felt this was a positive experience to be a part of, I was made to feel at ease, as I was worried what this was going to be like as I have not been a part of anything like this before.

NHS staff

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