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“Families received an email from the current review team and NSHEI late on Friday afternoon [22nd April 2022]. This has caused a great deal of distress, and has left families feeling severely let down, confused, and further traumatised.
Families were not consulted prior to any decisions being made about the “urgent changes to how the review is being delivered”* which again demonstrates a lack of willingness to properly engage with the families affected, and is at odds with what is needed from a truly independent review.
In fact, since we went public with our grave concerns over the current review - nearly 3 weeks ago - not one person from NUH, the CCG nor NHSEI has been in contact with us.
We are heartened to have support on Twitter supporting our serious misgivings regarding the appointment process and choice of chair, Julie Dent.
We welcome the offer by the Secretary of State to meet with him and look forward to discussing issues around poor maternity care in Nottinghamshire and the need for a truly independent review that can produce the real and impactful intervention that is required if families are to be safeguarded.
We would urge Julie Dent to strongly consider her appointment. Families request she declines the offer of chair.
Families remain confident the only way for evidenced improvement remains appointing Donna Ockenden as chair with the full support of NHSEI as they gave her in Shrewsbury and Telford and for a Public Inquiry.”
*quote taken from the letter to the families.
