Next day briefing: the final Ockenden report

Yesterday (30 March), the final report from the Ockenden Review of maternity services at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) was published. This follows the first report from the inquiry, published in December 2020, which outlined a set of local actions for learning (LAfL), as well as immediate and essential actions (IEAs) to improve the quality of care and patient safety across maternity services nationally. This second and final report identifies several new themes intended to be shared across all maternity services in England.

This briefing summarises the key points from the report, along with NHS Providers’ view and press statement.