We're calling for a statutory public inquiry on maternity

The lives of mums, babies and families depend on it.

Our babies are too precious to keep on ignoring the reality that maternity care in England is in crisis. Every day, mums, babies, and families suffer totally avoidable harm – and some are even killed by failings in NHS care. We are campaigning for a statutory public inquiry because we know it is the only way to get truth, accountability, and justice, and, crucially, stop more families suffering the devastation and death that has been normalised across the NHS.

It’s time to stop wasting time, abandon ineffective reviews, and have a statutory public inquiry on maternity safety.

Our babies are too precious to keep on ignoring the reality that maternity care in England is in crisis. Every day, mums, babies, and families suffer totally avoidable harm – and some are even killed by failings in NHS care. We are campaigning for a full, judge-led statutory public inquiry because we know it is the only way to get truth, accountability, and justice, and, crucially, stop more families suffering the devastation and death that has been normalised across the NHS.

It’s time to stop wasting time, abandon ineffective reviews, and have a statutory public inquiry on maternity safety.

We're a group of families campaigning in honour of our babies. They should be alive.

: Beatrice Barley Beatrice Trudy Barley died during labour on 20th May 2022 because of basic failures in care at Barnsley Hospital. Beatrice was full term and absolutely perfect.

: Giles Cooper-Hall Giles Cooper-Hall was born in October 2021 and died aged 16 hours because of a series of catastrophic failures in care at Derriford Hospital, Plymouth.

: Aliona Winser-Ramm Aliona Grace Winser-Ramm was born on 1st January 2020, weighing 6lbs 6oz. She died aged 27 minutes. An inquest concluded she died of "midwife neglect" and "gross failures of the most basic nature" at Leeds General Infirmary.

: Pippa Doman-Lees Pippa Maeve Doman-Lees died in May 2023 because of failings in antenatal care and during delivery at the Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust in Dudley.

: Harriet Hawkins Harriet Hawkins died during labour in April 2016 after a series of failures and negligence by Nottingham University Hospitals throughout a six-day labour. Harriet weighed 6lbs 12oz and was completely perfect.

: Marnie Barr Marnie Nevaeh Barr died avoidably during labour on 21st April 2020 at University Hospitals Dorset. She was a perfectly healthy full term (41+5) baby girl.

: Wynter Andrews Wynter Andrews died in September 2019 just 23 minutes after taking her first breath at a maternity unit which was perilously unsafe. Gross failings and hospital neglect denied our daughter her right to live.

: Grace Kilburn Grace Susan Dawn Kilburn was stillborn on 20th March 2022 due to basic an unacceptable failings in care across Leeds teaching Hospitals and Bradford Teaching Hospital. She was a full term, perfectly healthy baby who remains deeply loved by her family.

: Aubrey Hender Aubrey Thomas Hender was stillborn on 5th May 2022 at City Hospital Birmingham (part of Sandwell & West Birmingham Hospitals Trust) following multiple missed opportunities to save his life.

: Smokey Topping Jacob Smokey Topping Jacob died a preventable death at 41+2 in September 2023. Our care at Oxford University Hospitals deviated from national guidelines in multiple ways, including by not monitoring growth properly and not inducing on time. If staff had listened, Smokey would be here today.

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