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GOVERNMENT HAS NOT GONE FAR ENOUGH IN ITS RESPONSE TO MATERNITY SCANDAL
The investigation’s chairman said he was ‘disappointed’ by the initial response.
Ella Pickover – Tuesday 07 March 2023 18:46
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Government has ‘not gone far enough’ in its response to maternity scandal
The investigation’s chairman said he was ‘disappointed’ by the initial response.
Ella Pickover – Tuesday 07 March 2023 18:46
The Government’s initial response to the Kirkup report ‘does not go far enough’ experts have said.
Dr Bill Kirkup’s inquiry found up to 45 babies could have lived if they had been given better care by East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust.Both infants and mothers died while others were left badly hurt as a result of catastrophic failings, the 2022 report concluded.
The Government has published its initial response to the inquiry in the form of a written ministerial statement in the House of Commons.
This lackluster response does little to address the report’s calls for greater investment in maternity services or the recommendations around training and support for staff Gill Walton, Royal College of Midwives
