Baby Lifeline joins the Pregnancy and Baby Charities Network
Baby Lifeline is delighted to join an array of charities with the common cause of making pregnancy and birth safer.
Month: December 2020
Baby Lifeline response to the publication of the Ockenden Report
Baby Lifeline responds to the publication of the Ockenden Report published on 10th December. Baby Lifeline’s Chief Executive Judy Ledger comments in the Independent (11th December) https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/shrewsbury-maternity-scandal/shrewsbury-maternity-scandal-inquiry-demands-nhs-overhaul-to-prevent-baby-deaths-b1768793.html Baby Lifeline’s Chief Executive, Judy Ledger comments in the Daily Mail (11th December) https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9045181/NHS-forced-pay-1-2-billion-just-year-catastrophic-maternity-blunders.html Baby Lifeline’s head of research and development, Sara Ledger speaks to Capital Midlands News (11th December) Baby Lifeline’s …
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Baby Lifeline welcomes new NHS guidance around partners
Baby Lifeline welcomes the NHS guidance which urges NHS hospitals to allow women to have a supporting person with them throughout their care.
The Ockenden Review: A stark reminder of the work to be done to make maternity safer
Yesterday saw the long-awaited publication of the Ockenden Review, and whilst the findings were sadly not surprising or new, the content was harrowing.
Protecting mothers and babies: we cannot get this wrong again!
Baby Lifeline endorses the recommendations of The Ockenden Maternity Services Review Coventry, 10th December 2020 Baby Lifeline, the mother and baby charity, supports all recommendations made in today’s emerging findings report in to maternity care failings at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH). These ‘essential and immediate actions’ originate from The Ockenden Review’s preliminary …
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Baby Lifeline will continue to campaign for improvements to maternity safety
As we move towards the end of a hard year, maternity safety continues to be in the spotlight. The NHS needs more support to be able to make the necessary changes and improve maternity safety.