NewsUK NewsNottingham University HospitalsLIVEUpdated just nowThe largest maternity review in the history of the NHS is being published today, with contributions from 2,500 families and more than 800 staff members at Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) NHS TrustThe Queen’s Medical Centre (QMC) in Nottingham, ran by Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) NHS Trust(Image: Joseph Raynor/ Reach PLC)Updated 10:31, 24 Jun 2026A review into maternity failings and baby deaths at Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) NHS Trust is due to be published this morning.The largest maternity review in the history of the NHS, overseen by senior midwife Donna Ockenden, was launched after Sarah and Jack Hawkins raised the alarm when their daughter Harriet was stillborn at Nottingham City Hospital in April 2016.The couple, who both worked for the trust, refused the results of a hospital review finding “no obvious fault” and pushed for an external review which in 2019 found a host of failings at the trust and concluded Harriet’s death was "almost certainly preventable".Since then 2,500 families and more than 800 staff members have spoken to the review, and the General Medical Council (GMC) and Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) are investigating allegations. The review will be published at 11.45am.The trust has already paid out millions in compensation and fines, including the largest fine ever given to an NHS trust for maternity failings of £1.6m over the deaths of three babies in 2021.View PostView PostToday10:24 BST'I’m heartbroken that my first daughter Harriet is not here'When senior physiotherapist Sarah Hawkins and her hospital consultant husband Jack were expecting their first child, Harriet, they were both working at NUH and trusted their colleagues would look after them.As her labour stretched on for days in April 2016, the couple made 10 calls to the maternity unit and visited twice - but they were repeatedly told to stay at home and relax despite raising concerns that Sarah couldn’t feel the baby moving.When she was eventually admitted in her sixth day of labour, midwives struggled to find Harriet’s heartbeat and a scan revealed she had died.Jack, 57, said: “I’m heartbroken that my first daughter Harriet is not here. She should be alive and yet, 10 years later, so many of our questions have not been answered and not one single person has been held accountable.”Today10:08 BSTAn incredibly tough day for hundreds of families...Today will be an incredibly tough day for hundreds of families involved in what has become the biggest maternity inquiry in the history of the NHS.The probe will outline the scale of avoidable harm at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) that cost babies and in some cases mothers their lives from 2012 to 2025.More than 2,500 families have relived their traumatic experiences to contribute to the review headed up by top midwife Donna Ockenden. Her previous landmark inquiry of maternity failings in Shropshire working with 1,500 families has formed a blueprint for this inquiry.Families are gathering to hear her findings at a location in central Nottingham where Ms Ockenden will present them from 11.45am.The report document will be handed out to families and the assembled media and her presentation will last for around an hour.We will break down all the main findings here as well as publishing reaction from affected families.Today10:08 BSTMaternity care needs 'systematic change' - MP Maternity care needs “systematic change” the Government’s maternity adviser has said.Speaking ahead of the publication of Donna Ockenden’s review of maternity care in Nottingham, Labour MP Michelle Welsh told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme it was “pure luck” that her own baby had survived birth.She said: “When it comes to luck, as to whether your baby survives or not, then that is a true indication of a system that is truly, truly failing.”Asked whether there was a will within Government to change things, she said: “I feel that there is a momentum. I do feel that there is a will.“I mean, I absolutely make sure that I am listened to. I haven’t got in within those doors to sit there quiet and just nod my head. I’m absolutely out there, at the forefront, being very, very loud and clear about the fact that we do need the funding.“But funding alone is not going to solve this crisis. There needs to be huge systematic change. The Government has to be bold in the policies that it makes, because tinkering around the edges will not solve this crisis.“And some of these organisations involved are going to have to face these truths, and we are going to have to deal with this head on.”‌