"I have seen bad, poor, good and excellent care co-existing side by side. Families have described to me good experiences, terrible experiences. It is patchy, it is inconsistent and what this investigation is about, is trying to find out the things that move us from poor and bad to good and excellent."
"I am able to say categorically that there is safe care. There is good care, I have seen examples of it. But, I have also seen way too many examples of poor care. What I have heard from families it is so traumatic and distressing."
"Issues found included: Services depleted or stopped because of capacity pressures, with stretched antenatal wards and delivery units resulting in delays to admissions and the use of community midwives in delivery units impacting safety. Racist and bullying behaviour of senior clinicians was not always dealt with by management."
A government-commissioned review led by Baroness Amos found that maternity services in England are inconsistent and failing numerous families. The interim report identified six key problem areas: capacity pressures causing service disruptions, poor team relationships, racist and bullying behavior from senior clinicians, structural racism creating higher adverse outcome risks for Black and Asian women, and accountability issues. Over 8,000 people submitted evidence and Baroness Amos met more than 400 families. While examples of good and excellent care exist, poor care remains widespread. Health Secretary Wes Streeting committed to implementing recommendations from the final report due in April.
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