NHS maternity review chief says care levels 'unacceptable'

NHS maternity units are delivering “unacceptable care”, with some women left to “bleed out” in bathrooms and babies suffering avoidable deaths, according to the head of a review.

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Baroness Valerie Amos, who is leading the National Maternity and Neonatal Investigation (NMNI), has spoken to more than 170 families across England, including those whose babies have died because of failings in care.

Some families have urged Health Secretary Wes Streeting to launch a statutory public inquiry, saying the current review does not go far enough.

Reflecting on the first three months of her investigation in a new report, Baroness Amos said “nothing prepared me for the scale of unacceptable care that women and families have received, and continue to receive, the tragic consequences for their babies, and the impact on their mental, physical and emotional wellbeing.”