Hope that increased maternity funding will reduce medical negligence claims
Today, Davies and Partners welcome the news that the Government is allocating the NHS an extra £95 million to improve maternity care in all areas of England, including the South-West.
This news follows a report by Donna Ockenden, an independent midwifery expert, who looked at how failings in maternity care had resulted in the avoidable death of numerous babies and mothers at Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust over a twenty-year period. The report was damning and identified seven immediate and essential actions needed to improve maternity care services across England.