Donna Ockenden and The Ockenden Review

Woman's Hour

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🗓️ 31 March 2022

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Today we are dedicating the whole programme to the biggest maternity scandal in the NHS's history - leading to headlines across newspapers today stating childbirth is not safe for women in England. Those are the stark words of the midwife Donna Ockenden - the author of the long awaited Ockenden Review - published yesterday. Her mission? To find out what went on under the care of those working for the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust over a 20 year period. She concluded 201 babies and nine mothers could have survived if the Trust had provided better care, learned from mistakes and crucially listened to women. Along with several other key guests she joins Emma to discuss her findings and where we go from here. Presenter Emma Barnett. Producer Kirsty Starkey Interviewed Guest: Kayleigh Griffiths Interviewed Guest: Maria Caulfield Interviewed Guest: Donna Ockenden Interviewed Guest: Dr Jo Mountfield Interviewed Guest: Prof Soo Downe

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:05.4	Hello, I'm Emma Barnett and welcome to Woman's Hour from BBC Radio 4.
0:10.5	Good morning and welcome to the programme.
0:12.4	Today we are dedicating the whole of the programme to the biggest maternity scandal in the NHS'
0:17.8	history.
0:18.8	Leading to headlines across the newspapers today stating,
0:21.2	"'Charl berth is not safe for women in England.
0:24.8	Those are the stark words of the midwife Donna Ockenden, the author of the long-awaited
0:29.0	Ockenden Review which was published yesterday.
0:31.8	Her mission to find out what went on under the care of those working for the Shrewsbury
0:36.9	and Telford Hospital NHS Trust over a 20-year period.
0:41.3	She concluded 201 babies and 9 mothers could have survived if the trust had provided better
0:47.5	care, learned from mistakes, conducted proper investigations and crucially listened to women.
0:54.0	Her report also revealed that some babies suffered skull fractures, broken bones or developed
0:59.5	cerebral palsy after traumatic four-seps deliveries, whilst others were starved of oxygen and experienced
1:05.6	life-changing brain injuries.
1:08.0	Some women are also now living with life-changing conditions after serious birth injuries were
1:12.9	not treated immediately.
1:15.4	Donna Ockenden does not believe women in England are safe in childbirth until the actions
1:19.8	of her report are implemented immediately, you'll hear from the women herself shortly.
1:25.7	Also on this special programme, you'll hear from one of the women who started the long
1:29.1	and painful campaign to try and get to the bottom of exactly what was going on at that
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