The government has said it will appoint a national maternity commissioner to hold poorly performing hospitals to account, after a report concluded that England's maternity care is no longer fit for purpose.

Lady Amos said the new maternity commissioner must be accountable to Parliament and have a ‘relentless focus on improving maternity and neonatal care’

The families deem the report insufficiently independent

Baroness Amos has demanded urgent reform of maternity triage services in England, after pregnant women who called the NHS with concerns were dismissed

Maternity units are 'not fit for purpose' with filthy, crumbling hospitals leaving mothers suffering unsafe and undignified care, a damning review has found.

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The government has said it will appoint a national maternity commissioner to hold poorly performing hospitals to account, after a report concluded that England's maternity care is…