Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust will be one of 14 hospital trusts included in a rapid, independent, national investigation into maternity and neonatal services.
The investigation is being independently chaired by Baroness Amos and will put families at the heart of the work.
It will focus on understanding the experiences of affected women and families, identifying lessons learned and driving the improvements needed to ensure high quality and safe maternity and neonatal care across England.
Following its conclusion, Baroness Amos will deliver one clear set of national recommendation to achieve consistently high-quality, safe maternity and neonatal care, with interim recommendations delivered in December 2025.
Read more about this announcement here: 14 NHS Trusts the focus of national maternity investigation – GOV.UK
In response to this announcement, Dr Magnus Harrison, Chief Medical Officer at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, said: “We welcome the inclusion of Leeds in the national maternity and neonatal investigation and fully support its focus on improving maternity and neonatal safety across the country.
“We recognise that we have not always delivered the highest quality of care to every family, and we are extremely sorry to the families who have lost their babies or had poor experiences when receiving care in our hospitals. Families will be at the heart of this national investigation, and we are fully supportive of this.
“We want to reassure families in Leeds that we have already taken significant steps to address improvements to our maternity and neonatal services since the publication of our recent Care Quality Commission (CQC) reports. However, we know there is still much more we can do.
“We look forward to working with other trusts and building on the improvement work which has begun.
“We are committed to working closely with the families who use our services, our staff, NHS England, and the CQC to ensure we provide the highest standards of care in our maternity services.”
If you are a parent, parent-to-be or family and you have any concerns about your experience at Leeds Teaching Hospitals, please contact the team providing your care, or the PALS team on 0113 206 6261 or email [email protected]
The Trust also works together with Leeds Maternity & Neonatal Voices Partnership (MNVP) to make improvements using feedback from the experiences of patients. MNVP parent representatives regularly visit hospital wards and departments to gain feedback from families directly. Anyone wishing to get involved in the work of the MNVP can contact: [email protected] or join their Facebook group.
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