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bereaved families should be made aware of this inquiry, be Centre of its terms of reference and communicated with. An independent investigation over the last decade is needed to show true trends, 3 year period is not sufficient. If you agree please support chng.it/4B9ppMGbVv
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"Patients cannot demand a caesarean section" - how families pleaded and begged for their concerns to be heard
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On caesarean sections the inquiry says women and babies were harmed or died due to efforts to avoid them. One staff comments: "they were always trying...for a normal birth all the time" #Shrewsbury #ockendenreport
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Very concerning culture on the wards at #Shrewsbury right up the last few months...
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Ockenden says: "We are very concerned that in very recent weeks, staff currently working at the trust have contacted the team to express their concerns about maternity services at the trust in the here and now."
They were told not to take part in #ockendenreport #Shrewsbury
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Survey results from 84 staff who responded to questions from #ockendenreport team
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The inquiry team found that 40% of stillbirths it examined did not have a trust investigation. 43% of neonatal deaths were not investigated. #ockendenreport #Shrewsbury
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Shrewsbury inquiry reveals a "them and us" culture between midwives & obstetricians on wards at Shrewsbury.
Families continued to contact the inquiry in 2020 and 2021 with concerns about maternity care with similar themes seen on older cases. This is "cause for grave concern"
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I am FURIOUS to read this today. The trust twice dismissed the complaints of @hergehound5 over the death of baby Kate...and today we read there were 2 other similar cases months apart
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She highlights widespread failings including "...a culture of reluctance to perform caesarean sections resulted in many babies dying during birth or shortly after their
birth."
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Inquiry chair @DOckendenLtd concludes: “What is astounding is that for more than two decades these issues have not been
challenged internally and the Trust was not held to account by external bodies. This highlights that systemic change is needed locally, and nationally."
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BREAKING: Shrewsbury maternity inquiry report confirms at least 295 babies died or suffered brain damage as a result of avoidable poor care at Shrewsbury Hospital trust. 9 mothers died as a result of avoidable care. 1,486 families affected, 1,592 incidents.
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Everyone knows the major root cause of problem for 80% fetal injuries/deaths are the flawed recalled CTG machines that HSE is investigating for 7 years rte.ie/news/ireland/2018/021…
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Shrewsbury & Telford use Fetal monitors/CTG (since year 2005?) which are under FDA Recall/field safety notices year 2024 & 2009 - (1) accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/c… (2) mhra-gov.filecamp.com/s/d/K9… (3) bfarm.de/SharedDocs/Kundenin…
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What is the reason the fundamental step of testing fetal monitors/CTGs was not done during the investigation? All those recalled CTGs have serious flaws, record false/phantom FHR resulting in a large number of injuries/deaths. Nurses/midwives are also victims due to faulty CTGs.
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Investigation agencies worldwide don't perform testing verification of seriously flawed/recalled Fetal Monitors/CTGs. They also fail to notice very simple statistics of increase in fetal injuries/deaths after latest CTG installation since 2004 compared to old CTGs in 1980s, 1990s
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2/2 We are now more than 2 yrs post @Ockreview (Shrewsbury & Telford) where over 1500 families shared what happened to them. Progress on the actions are far too slow: @masic_uk @BirthTrauma & others agreed - we are not giving up or letting momentum slow - join us please: - 🙏
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'Just devastating', say parents of girls who died at PUH via @RTENews rte.ie/news/2025/0128/149339…
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On the second anniversary of her death, the family of Co Clare teenager Aoife Johnston has repeated a call for a statutory inquiry into her death from sepsis at University Hospital Limerick.
#AoifeJohnsonRIP
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It's #WorldPatientSafetyDay
Every day:
🔸 5400 stillbirths occur
🔸 810 👩 lose their lives during #childbirth
🔸 6700 👶 lose their lives
Most of these lives can be saved through the provision of safe care. Let's act for safe & respectful childbirth!
👉bit.ly/3nErY76
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Lisa Duffy, one of @SaferBirthsIre founders, was at Sinn Féin's Health Policy launch earlier today. Health spokesman, @davidcullinane has committed, if he is Minister for Health, that there WILL BE an independent review into the 488 baby deaths within the HSE. Thank you. 🦋#GE24