'We can't continue like this': Inquiry demands NHS maternity overhaul
"We need national standards to frame maternity and neonatal care against which we can then test how trusts are doing, how care is being delivered," she added.Baroness Amos acknowledged calls for a statutory public inquiry that would compel senior figures at under-fire hospital trusts to give evidence. But she is not supportive of such a move."Statutory public inquiries take a very, very long time," she said.
- ▪"We need national standards to frame maternity and neonatal care against which we can then test how trusts are doing, how care is being delivered," she added.Baroness Amos acknowledged calls for a statutory public inquiry that would compel
- ▪But she is not supportive of such a move."Statutory public inquiries take a very, very long time," she said.
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'We can't continue like this': Inquiry demands NHS maternity overhaulImage caption, Baroness Amos chaired the government-commissioned reviewByMichael Buchanan, Social Affairs and Eleanor Lawrie, Social AffairsPublished30 June 2026, 00:02 BSTUpdated 3 minutes agoA national inquiry has strongly criticised the NHS maternity system in England, saying it is "not set up to deliver consistently safe, high-quality and compassionate care".Baroness Valerie Amos, who chaired the government-commissioned review, found "unacceptable racism and discrimination embedded within the system" and said that "as a country...
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