@Niall_Boylan @nmichael_ie bereaved families should be made aware of this inquiry, be Centre of its terms of reference and communicated with. An independent investigation over the last decade is needed to show true trends, 3 year period is not sufficient. If you agree please support https://t.co/G8cgwD14qN
On caesarean sections the inquiry says women and babies were harmed or died due to efforts to avoid them. One staff comments: "they were always trying...for a normal birth all the time" #Shrewsbury#ockendenreport
Ockenden says: "We are very concerned that in very recent weeks, staff currently working at the trust have contacted the team to express their concerns about maternity services at the trust in the here and now."
They were told not to take part in #ockendenreport#Shrewsbury
The inquiry team found that 40% of stillbirths it examined did not have a trust investigation. 43% of neonatal deaths were not investigated. #ockendenreport#Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury inquiry reveals a "them and us" culture between midwives & obstetricians on wards at Shrewsbury.
Families continued to contact the inquiry in 2020 and 2021 with concerns about maternity care with similar themes seen on older cases. This is "cause for grave concern"
I am FURIOUS to read this today. The trust twice dismissed the complaints of @hergehound5 over the death of baby Kate...and today we read there were 2 other similar cases months apart
She highlights widespread failings including "...a culture of reluctance to perform caesarean sections resulted in many babies dying during birth or shortly after their
birth."
Inquiry chair @DOckendenLtd concludes: “What is astounding is that for more than two decades these issues have not been
challenged internally and the Trust was not held to account by external bodies. This highlights that systemic change is needed locally, and nationally."
BREAKING: Shrewsbury maternity inquiry report confirms at least 295 babies died or suffered brain damage as a result of avoidable poor care at Shrewsbury Hospital trust. 9 mothers died as a result of avoidable care. 1,486 families affected, 1,592 incidents.
@aoifehegs@rtenews Everyone knows the major root cause of problem for 80% fetal injuries/deaths are the flawed recalled CTG machines that HSE is investigating for 7 years https://t.co/09NBoiFHEk
@DOckendenLtd@mareealdam@AmmaBirth@birth_better@theodoraclarke@OckReview@masic_uk@BirthTrauma What is the reason the fundamental step of testing fetal monitors/CTGs was not done during the investigation? All those recalled CTGs have serious flaws, record false/phantom FHR resulting in a large number of injuries/deaths. Nurses/midwives are also victims due to faulty CTGs.
@DOckendenLtd@mareealdam@AmmaBirth@birth_better@theodoraclarke@OckReview@masic_uk@BirthTrauma Investigation agencies worldwide don't perform testing verification of seriously flawed/recalled Fetal Monitors/CTGs. They also fail to notice very simple statistics of increase in fetal injuries/deaths after latest CTG installation since 2004 compared to old CTGs in 1980s, 1990s
@mareealdam@AmmaBirth@birth_better@theodoraclarke 2/2 We are now more than 2 yrs post @Ockreview (Shrewsbury & Telford) where over 1500 families shared what happened to them. Progress on the actions are far too slow: @masic_uk@BirthTrauma & others agreed - we are not giving up or letting momentum slow - join us please: - 🙏
On the second anniversary of her death, the family of Co Clare teenager Aoife Johnston has repeated a call for a statutory inquiry into her death from sepsis at University Hospital Limerick.
#AoifeJohnsonRIP
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It's #WorldPatientSafetyDay
Every day:
🔸 5400 stillbirths occur
🔸 810 👩 lose their lives during #childbirth
🔸 6700 👶 lose their lives
Most of these lives can be saved through the provision of safe care. Let's act for safe & respectful childbirth!
👉https://t.co/gtqAmFysRl