- Families affected by NHS maternity failings have criticised a new report by Baroness Valerie Amos, stating it is insufficiently independent and fails to address core issues.
- The Maternity Safety Alliance labelled the report's proposal for a national maternity commissioner as 'dangerous' and highlighted a lack of scrutiny over regulators such as the CQC and GMC.
- Dr Bill Kirkup, who previously chaired maternity inquiries, resigned from Lady Amos’s review due to a dispute over the report's position on 'normal birth ideology'.
- The families argue the investigation failed to fulfil its terms of reference, including determining the extent of harm caused by normal birth ideology and examining post-death care.
- They are renewing calls for a statutory public inquiry, claiming that 814 babies have died avoidably in the NHS during the period of this 'inadequate investigation'.
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