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Dec 2020
Jeremy Hunt calls for independent inquiry into maternity safety following repeated scandals
In the wake of a string of hospital scandals, Jeremy Hunt has called for a national inquiry into maternity safety across the NHS.
The former foreign secretary said the issue of hospitals chasing a “normal birth” ideology and waiting too long to perform caesarean sections was a “hotly debated topic” and a further reason for an inquiry to determine “whether the safety of mothers and babies, which is a priority for the vast majority of NHS maternity units, has been compromised in any part of the NHS, by a mistaken obsession with a particular ideology as to how births should take place”.
A spokesperson from the Department of Health said “We want the NHS to be the safest place in the world to have a baby and we’re committed to transforming maternity services as part of the NHS Long Term Plan, backed by an extra £33.9 billion a year by 2023/24.
“We are considering all options for central support for maternity training, as part of wider efforts to improve maternity safety.”
Chadwick Lawrence’s team of medical negligence lawyers have years of experience in high value and complex medical negligence compensation claims and have an excellent record. The team is led by Tony May, a specialist cerebral palsy and birth injury solicitor, who has over 20 years experience in handling cases in which babies have been brain damaged or sustained other injuries as a result of medical negligence. He and his team continue to represent many cerebral palsy children and young adults in medical negligence claims. Tony also acts as the Court of Protection Deputy for many of the cerebral palsy and brain damaged clients that he has represented, so we can continue to support you after your case is settled. Tony can be contacted by email on tonymay@chadlaw.co.uk. Alternatively, please call and speak to any of Chadwick Lawrence’s specialist medical negligence Legal Aid and no win, no fee solicitors for free legal advice on Freephone 0800 304 7382.
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