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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.
Five X More’s Black Maternity Experiences Report 2025 was published on Monday 21 July. The report captures the lived experience of over 1,164 Black women who have been pregnant or have given birth in…
A baby received an exchange blood transfusion. This is a specialist and complex procedure with associated risks (and is now infrequently performed in most neonatal units).
Responding to the second part of the independent Dash review of patient safety across the health and care landscape