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Independent maternity report blocked until post-election
An independent report into maternity safety in the NHS has been blocked from publication by NHS England until after the 12 December General Election.
The Independent newspaper has recently revealed a leaked report exposing the largest maternity scandal in the NHS’s history at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust, where dozens of babies and three mothers died.
After the leak of that scandal, doctors and midwives across the country have criticised NHS England for preventing the report from being widely shared which they said could delay improvements and learning.
The Mothers and Babies: Reducing Risk through Audits and Confidential Enquiries in the UK (MBRRACE) report was due to be published on 14 November, but a notice on its website said: “The publication of the report has been delayed by NHS England due to the general election ... We are not allowed to publish our report until a new government is formed which will be on the 13 December at the earliest.”
Led by experts from the National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit at the University of Oxford, the report considers trends in stillbirths, infant deaths and factors on the deaths of mothers. Although it is not part of the health service, it is funded via NHS England as part of wider national clinical audits of care carried out for the benefit of the NHS.
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