8/17/2026
Nothing less than radical whole-system change is required to fix the NHS's maternity services | Julia Sanders
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It’s vital that Yvette Cooper’s taskforce acts on the Amos and Ockenden reports – and puts the needs of women and families at the heart of maternity servicesIt is hard to find the words to describe the agony for those who have experienced preventable baby loss, injury or maternal death. Understandably, families who have been through this have campaigned relentlessly for local and national investigations. Every family deserves to know what caused their loss or trauma, but current and past reviews
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**Commentary by Deacon Rift**
There are few things more intimate than birth, and few things more institutional than the NHS. When the system fails at this exact intersection—when preventable baby loss, injury, or maternal death occurs—it shakes public trust to its foundation. The Amos and Ockenden reports are not just policy documents; they are a ledger of heartbreak, cataloguing the cost of institutions that listened to themselves instead of to women.
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