Nottingham maternity review set to become UK's largest

A reappraisal into failings successful maternity attraction successful hospitals successful Nottingham is acceptable to go the largest successful the UK, the BBC understands.

Donna Ockenden, seat of the inquiry, is expected to denote that 1,700 families' cases volition beryllium examined.

She was successful complaint of the probe into services successful Shropshire, which recovered astatine slightest 201 babies and mothers mightiness person survived had they received amended care.

The infirmary spot is expected to apologise for the failings later.

In May, families progressive successful the reappraisal had requested an apology, portion Ms Ockenden has called for a "radical review" to guarantee "women from each communities" were being contacted by the spot and "felt confident" to travel forward.

So far, 1,266 families person contacted the reappraisal squad themselves straight and to date, 674 of these person fixed consent to articulation it.

The families person asked for the Department of Health and Social Care, NHS England and the spot to hold to alteration the reappraisal from "opt-in" to "opt-out".

Later, president Nick Carver volition apologise connected behalf of Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) Trust astatine its yearly meeting.

Ms Ockenden's erstwhile reappraisal successful Shrewsbury and Telford, which utilized the "opt-out" approach, included much than 95% of affected families.

The Nottingham spot wrote to 1,377 families astatine the extremity of November and the extremity of January.

The letters went to families who had experienced stillbirth, neonatal deaths, encephalon harm to the baby, harm to mothers oregon relatives of mothers who died.

But lone 360 families person responded to these letters.

In total, 28% of achromatic women contacted responded, portion for achromatic and Asian women, the figures were 10% and 5% respectively.

In Nottingham, lone astir 25% of families known to beryllium affected person been included successful the review.

Ms Ockenden said: "As it stands, with our 674 families who person joined the review, I can't accidental arsenic the seat we person anyplace adjacent a typical illustration of the affluent diverseness that we cognize exists successful Nottingham.

"There is importantly much enactment to do."