Donna Ockenden: ‘I’d go back to my hotel room, sit on my bed and cry’
Donna Ockenden, the author of the review into maternity failings at Shropshire hospitals, spoke to Emma Barnett on 91Èȱ¬ Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour about the emotional impact investigating the scandal had on her.
The Ockenden Review, published 30 March, found that 201 babies and nine mothers could have survived if the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust had provided better care and listened to women.
Ms Ockenden also discussed her report’s action points to ensure women’s safety, whether NHS watchdogs are fit for purpose, and if anything like this could happen again in the future.
Listen to 91Èȱ¬ Radio 4 Woman's Hour's special programme dedicated to the biggest maternity scandal in the NHS’s history on 91Èȱ¬ Sounds by searching for the podcast episode from 31 March.
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