National Investigation Into Maternity Care Announced

Health Secretary Wes Streeting has announced a nationalist investigation into maternity attraction successful England.

The "rapid" enquiry will urgently look astatine nan worst-performing maternity and neonatal services successful nan country, including Leeds, Sussex, Gloucester, and Mid and South Essex.

Streeting has met parents who person mislaid babies successful a bid of maternity scandals astatine immoderate NHS trusts and said nan investigation would "make judge these families get nan truth and nan accountability they deserve".

It will statesman this summertime and study backmost by December 2025.

The reappraisal will look crossed nan full maternity system, bringing together nan findings of past reviews into a clear nationalist group of actions to guarantee each female and babe receives safe, high-quality and compassionate care.

Making nan announcement connected Monday, Streeting apologised connected behalf of nan NHS to those families who had suffered avoidable harm.

It comes aft a bid of maternity scandals, including successful Morecambe Bay, East Kent, Shrewsbury and Telford and Nottingham.

Streeting said nan reappraisal would beryllium co-produced pinch nan victims of maternity scandals, giving families a sound into really nan enquiry is run.

He said he wants to guarantee "no genitor aliases babe is ever fto down again".