2026-02-26 – News – www.theguardian.com
Damning inquiry into services in England reveals falsification of medical records after ‘negligent’ care
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What is the national maternity and neonatal investigation and why was it launched?
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Cruel comments, racism and cover-ups: key findings from England’s maternity care report
Hospitals that cause harm and injury to women and babies during childbirth often resort to a “cover-up” of their mistakes, falsify medical records and deny bereaved parents answers, a damning report has found.
“Negligent” care has devastating emotional and psychological consequences for families, disputes between maternity staff have a “disastrous” impact on mothers, and ethnic minority and poorer women have worse outcomes because of racism and discrimination, Lady Amos said.
Banning families from being involved in investigations into the mistakes they encountered.
Conducting inquiries into errors which families think are poor quality and do not properly reflect what occurred.
Driving distressed…
