Fourteen NHS trusts in England are to have their maternity services examined as part of a wide-ranging rapid review, the government has confirmed. Among those named is University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust.
The review was first announced in June, with ministers saying it was necessary to address systemic failings in maternity care that they claim have been building up for more than 15 years.
Health Secretary Victoria Atkins said the voices of bereaved families who have campaigned for change will be central to the inquiry.
It's understood Baroness Amos will lead the review.
The 14 selected NHS Trusts which will be looked at under the National Maternity Investigation are:
- Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust
- Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Trust
- Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- Oxford University Hospital
- Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust
- Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
- The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn
- University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
- University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust
- University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
- Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust / Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
The review is expected to begin its investigations later this year, with findings to be published in stages.
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