This week the government has announced a new, rapid inquiry into the quality of maternity care across England, addressing issues ‘caused by failures in maternity care that should never have happened.’
Part of the focus will be on those maternity services which have raised most concerns over recent years and where maternity services are felt to be failing.
Alongside this, what is described as a ‘system-wide look at maternity and neonatal care’ aims to learn from previous inquiries ‘to improve care across every NHS maternity service.’
Over the past few years, new mothers, their families and staff at numerous NHS Health Trusts across the country have raised concerns about the quality of care in maternity services and its impact on the lives of mothers and babies. Reviews into care by the Care Quality Commission, as well as Donna Ockenden’s reviews of care at Nottingham University Hospitals and Shrewsbury & Telford NHS Trust have revealed failings affecting the lives and well-being of both babies and mothers.
A devastating investigation into services at East Kent also revealed wide-ranging failings at ‘every level within the services.’
Failures of care, failures to investigate and listen, and failures to implement learning have all been criticised.
A disabling and highly distressing example of failures in maternity care which can leave a new mother struggling with permanent bowel problems is the lack of consistency and quality in post-natal maternal perineal care.
Severe tears, also known as 3rd and 4th degree tears are a known risk of vaginal childbirth and require scrupulous maternity care to ensure that the new mother does not face a future of incontinence of both wind and faeces.
A failure of examination, diagnosis or repair, however, occasionally occurs, and can change a woman’s life forever.
When this does occur, the new mother is legally entitled to claim compensation for the impact. This can include a significant loss of income if she is now struggling to work.
Here at Glynns we speak to the victims of maternity negligence on a daily basis, supporting women to claim compensation for the impact of their anal injuries.
Contact us today to discuss what has happened to you and the possibility of making a claim.
Please call us on 0800 234 3300 (or from a mobile 01275 334030) or complete our Online Enquiry Form.
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