Key Facts

• The maternity review into Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, led by senior midwife Donna Ockenden, has gathered contributions from around 2,500 families and over 800 staff members since it began in September 2022.
• The trust has already paid out millions of pounds in compensation and fines, including a £1.6m fine for maternity failings that resulted in the deaths of three babies in 2021, the largest fine ever given to an NHS trust for such failings.
• Sarah and Jack Hawkins, whose daughter Harriet died stillborn at City Hospital in April 2016, have called for a statutory public inquiry, with Jack stating that "How on earth have we allowed it that there are 1,000 avoidable baby deaths in this country every year?"
• The Nursing and Midwifery Council is investigating 96 "fitness to practise" cases relating to maternity care at NUH, with 15 undergoing full investigations, while the General Medical Council is looking at 62 cases, including reviewing over 300 information reports from the Ockenden review.
• The review covers the period from April 2012 to May 2025 and has prompted a national inquiry into maternity failings, with families, including Gary and Sarah Andrews, whose daughter Wynter died 23 minutes after birth in 2019, seeking justice and accountability.