Revealed: Over 30 deaths in Nottingham maternity units scandal

[@casteretpollux]

Unbelievable that even the baby of 2 senior doctors in this hospital lost their baby and got no accountability.

[@carpenterfamily6198]

Heartbreaking ~ Proper that families are speaking out and the media is shining the spot light on this issue. Hopeful this prevents future deaths.

[@hmq9052]

This is appalling

[@mammamoo3045]

I had 3 babies at this alc hospital 2014 and 2016 and the care I received was second to none. They look after my babies and me extremely well. I am so glad I was one of the lucky ones 🥺

[@Kwippy]

Nothing more heart-breaking than the death of an infant. Despite the British people's claim to cherish the NHS, for the past decade people have knowingly voted for governments that prioritise tax cuts over essential public spending. The NHS have long heavily relied on foreign workers. Then came Brexit, which discouraged EU workers. Asian workers, particularly from the Philippines, are treated badly. And why is the NHS continuously dangerously short-staffed? Because British people don't want to work for the NHS. Problems with the NHS are many and well known. The NHS is broken and all people can think to do is bang some pots in support.

[@theredboneking]

Now with covid, Doctors are just doing it on a grander scale.

[@twinny555]

I had my son at Queens in 2001. I was only 17. I’d had an emergency caesarean after 13.5 hours in labour following an induction. I didn’t hold my baby until he was 5 hours old. I couldn’t breastfeed him, I tried for three days, I was at a point where I literally was begging the midwives for a bottle, I hadn’t slept for two nights and three days after an overnight labour and major surgery and they told me I wasn’t trying hard enough. In the end my mum told them to get me a bottle or she would discharge me, take my son home with her and give him one herself. That my mum had to threaten to take her daughter out of hospital when I quite clearly needed to be there after major surgery, just so I could make a choice about how to feed my son is appalling. I was close to suicidal by the time they’d brought the first bottle to me. Seems not much has changed in terms of mothers being listened to.

[@alexavitali]

I’m sorry you had to go through that. I too had my son at Queens Medical, after being in labour for 36 excruciating hours. The pain relief I was given was slowing labour down but no one wanted to listen to me. He was born on a Monday and by Wednesday he hadn’t had any milk. Labour was so traumatic that my body ‘refused’ to produce milk for almost a week. My husband and I kept begging for help, and I too was told that I needed to try harder. I was sleep deprived for 4 days and I too felt like I was going crazy. On top of that, I was dealing with fecal incontinence caused by how forceps were used/episiotomy performed during labour. No one was able to tell me what caused it exactly. Wednesday afternoon, a really kind HCA came to check on us, because I was crying so much. My husband explained what was going on and she was appalled that no one had helped us yet. My son was given his first feed 2 days after he was born; and after 2 nights of intense crying. By then, he had developed dehydration and had also started to turn yellow. Doctors wanted to keep us in hospital for longer, to monitor him, and all I could feel was despair. I couldn’t take being in there any longer. Thursday morning my son was seen by a paediatrician and she was happy to discharge us home. We left in the evening after waiting hours for my medication to be issued. I can still remember the moment I entered the car and my husband closed the doors. I sobbed and sobbed as I asked frantically ‘Are we really leaving?’. The above experience left me suicidal for almost 2 years. I have now recovered from the emotional trauma, but I don’t know how long it’ll take my body to fully recover from what was done to it. My husband still struggles to talk about what happened with our son. It was very hard for us.

[@DrZacary]

If you would have a proper disciplinary procedure to get rid off these people, you would reduce those unfortunate events. However, people got away with their horrible mistakes.

[@brunocruz300]

It is a global knowledge that UK NHS pushes some mothers having natural birth based on cost indexes, however, that practice presents some risks from both sides and the cesarian birth (low risks/higher costs) always have put aside.

[@Veniceredmask01]

Something very sinister going on

[@happyweekend2343]

It's not mate, poor management,lack of staff including staff nurses illegally doing things wrong. Uneless it's all ran by midwives idk. But i know NUH Health workers don't even wanna apply for maternity.

[@amasworld7126]

@@happyweekend2343trust me something sinister is going on. They are in bed with the coroners, the police, and social services. It operates like a cult and they silence anyone who speaks out.

[@wozzab9136]

This is so sad. My son was born at the Queen’s Medical Centre in 2014 and the care was exemplary. Every family should receive that level of care

[@mammamoo3045]

Same here my twins was born in 2014 and my consultant was amazing along with the midwives. When I had my 3rd children they all remember me and the service was first class

[@mammamoo3045]

At the qmc

[@wozzab9136]

Our daughter was born there in 2022 and again, all the staff were amazing

[@john-lenin]

That’s why we have assault rifles in the US

[@therange4033]

ANOTHER thing I will say is Doctors tend to look on a C/S as the ''last resort''. There is a thinking in hospitals that they should have LOW C/S rates. A request for a C/S is looked down on. I have seen a Consultant DRAGGING a baby out with forceps, damaged, that should have been a C/S. It was ''covered up'' and after that I hated him!

[@Callummullans]

They should have never been allowed to self govern back in 2013 it has caused nothing but a drop in standards since. Hospital infection break outs and soaring disability rates due to negligence are not normal for a “developed” country.

[@gigi6374]

When their policies cause incompetence and laziness maybe you should focus on THAT rather then spending time and money on pushing terms like "chest feeding". If they had spent even half as much time on providing proper care then they do on creating politically correct terms these babies would at least have bad a fighting chance.

[@fuckfannyfiddlefart]

Making this about the culture war just shows you to be a bigot. This is irrelevant and had ZERO cost. Grow up.

[@edwardwoodward8052]

@@fuckfannyfiddlefart Perhaps she has a greater understanding of the NHS than yourself.

[@fuckfannyfiddlefart]

@@edwardwoodward8052 No, she doesn't, first she's probably a fake account troll, and secondly she is just pushing culture war nonsense which all capitalists have now to defend the cuts and privatization of the NHS. THIRD her arguments are spurious because one thing had ZERO effect on the other. #SaveOurNHS

[@RedRedux]

@@fuckfannyfiddlefart I'd say the troll here is you

[@fuckfannyfiddlefart]

@@RedRedux Well that's easier than making a counter argument!

[@casteretpollux]

An Enquiry, with powers, into the entire Maternity services.

[@RS-hr8mj]

Remember, this is happening in a country which fancies itself "developed" and "first world"...

[@gagiman7273]

Dump of a place

[@laluba3603]

Thank you channel 4 for telling these horrible stories, that needs to be known.

[@ladyk3957]

I am sure this is the case in many more hospitals! Royal London Hospital maternity is a nightmare!

[@therange4033]

I left a few years ago, had had enough, too stressful for me. One thing I WISHED for was a system where the Midwives could speak into a device and it go immediately onto a central computer, during their care. We have to write EVERYTHING down... everything. That takes time away from caring for the woman. Sometimes so much happens so quickly, you cannot get to write it down until later. So things are missed.Tiredness and lack of time plays a lot into this. They could speak into a worn mouthpiece. As things happen. I HOPE things have changed since I left... but I doubt it!

[@cherelled6419]

My sister in law left for same reason. Such an important role. I don't know why we have a system that insist on exhausting people who do really important work.

[@therange4033]

@Lola Laslo We are behind you. Well, I am! The f'ing useless managers need to swap places with Midwives and THEN lets see what they think?!

[@therange4033]

@Lola Laslo I may be more vocal about the ''50 managers and 25 workers'' The NHS needs to STOP the managers and hold up the workers. From the ground up.

[@therange4033]

@Lola Laslo I used to LOVE it, but the last 5 years were TERRIBLE. So I said ''FU8K YOU!''

[@aliwright1016]

So sad. As a woman lucky to have had brilliant natal care I cannot stand what these women, our sisters + their families have gone through...it's unacceptable.

[@happyweekend2343]

All the NUH staff don't even want to apply for maternity ward jobs due to bad management and a lack of support. HCAs who work in childcare is completely different to adult care especially identifying health observations. As for the Nursing, its noticeable mistakes are showing... especially on adult wards i have seen it and questioned it. Staff Nurses do not listen or see basic signs.

[@esmegoddess2747]

Makes me think Lucy Letby was a scapegoat to cover up hospital malpractice

[@Nnamdinnamah]

Now lets do an investigation about the care of black women and children in hospitals!

[@gorgeouspaulwalker4372]

Maybe black women hasn't come forward about the hospital

[@sislertx]

Sad...sad..but sounds like they got a killer nurse or doctor.

[@happyweekend2343]

I work with adults and it's very overwhelming, having to wait for Doctors or Nurses for medication that 30-40+ mins while 1+1 a patient who's suffering from mental health etc yet you gotta manage 6 patients. It's a heavy workload for HCAs, it was lacking on our ward,because a majority of them do nights more money... but when day shift start everything is a mess, and hand over is god awful at times... you don't know who's a risk like seizures etc. I came across a Nursing mistake.. even got doctors involved wrong diets risk of choking i even reported it to the Nurses who are in charge... no response.

[@fingerscrossed2453]

Doctors and nurses just don't give a f*ck about patients nowadays

[@happyweekend2343]

I was thinking about becoming a Nurse i feel put off by it.... some doctors and Nurses do but a majority do not care.

[@markb1487]

Another scandal.Another tragedy. More lives lost unnecessary..

[@hmull4882]

Same was happening at Barnet hospital in early 2010s no investigation tho

[@barbaracarlson5018]

That's what you get with socialized medicine.

[@andreajohnson2059]

Blacks voices have never been heard over the lost of our babies.

[@MollyGoBully]

And what have you done to make your voice heard? You need to fight and do something about it. Crying victim does nothing.

[@casteretpollux]

@@MollyGoBully what makes you think she hasn't? Speaking out and being heard are two different things.

[@steveparker8065]

@@MollyGoBully Wow, didn't realise there were people so despicable that they'd attack a minority group about the loss of a baby. Congrats on being a fking attention-seeking, heartless loser.

[@sc1338]

When drs make that little maybe they just don’t care as much

[@happyweekend2343]

Some do but some don't it's a problem in adult medicine getting doctors to be aware of signs, or signing off drug medication while sitting on their phones or just waiting for them to see someone. And they got to wait for other specialist outside the ward.... leading to more mess.

[@lynjane1000]

Just like alder hey children HOspitHELL Liverpool