Maternity findings much worse than anticipated
09/12/2025
Baroness Amos said nothing could have prepared her for the scale of unacceptable care
The head of a probe into maternity care in England says that what she has seen so far “has been much worse” than she had anticipated.
Baroness Amos is chairing a review into the care offered to mothers. The provision in the Banbury area, provided by the Oxford University Hospital’s Trust, has been included as one of the specific areas she was tasked with looking at.
In an interim report she said victims of NHS maternity failings received “unacceptable care” leading to “tragic consequences”.
The document shares her initial impressions after visiting seven trusts, talking with families and meeting NHS staff.
Baroness Amos wrote: “I expected to hear experiences from families about where they had been let down by the care they had received in maternity and neonatal units across the country, but nothing prepared me for the scale of unacceptable care that women and families have received, and continue to receive, the tragic consequences for their babies, and the impact on their mental, physical and emotional wellbeing.”
Published: by the Banbury FM News Team
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Lindsey McCoy On 14/12/2025 at 1:53 am
I had a bad experience at the Horton maternity 2000