The Health Secretary seeks advice on maternity leave workers who refuse to provide evidence

The health secretary said he was seeking advice on whether top clinics that did not provide evidence to the Ockendon Review could be forced to do so under the proposed new law.

James Murray says it is “absolutely unacceptable” that some senior staff are refusing to attend maternity services at Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) NHS Trust.

Speaking Sunday with Laura QueensbergMurray said as part. Hillsborough ActHe was seeking advice on whether the duty of loyalty would apply to prenatal testing in the future and whether the law could be applied retroactively.

Murray said he felt “numb” after hearing from families affected by the scandal.

Jack Hawkins, Her daughter Harriet was born at Nottingham City Hospital. In the year After a catalog of mistakes in 2016, he said: “It will be a happy day for these people to be forced to sit on the Health and Social Care Committee, but we doubt it will make sense for accountability and safe maternity care.”

of Birth assessment to NUH, Published in JuneIt was the largest of its kind in the history of the NHS.

Led by senior midwife Donna Ockendon, the inquiry found that 520 cases had “preventable” outcomes for mothers and babies and “profound systemic failures” in maternity homes in Nottingham.

2,500 families and more than 800 NUH staff – past and present – ​​contributed to the review, which began in 2022.

But when he presented his findings in Nottingham in June, Ockendon admitted there were “gaps” in knowledge, with some senior managers reluctant to take part.

says the report. 66 former and current senior colleagues Trust chief executive Anthony May said 37 came forward and 35 were interviewed as part of the Ockendon review.

May told the BBC that senior managers currently working at NUH were involved in the review.