This investigation has left me speechless at points. No family should suffer this kind of horror.   We need truth, accountability and action. That’s why I’m bringing in urgent changes and why I’ve ordered a rapid NHS maternity investigation. x.com/channel4news/s…

Oxford University Hospitals: Couple called scandal-hit NHS trust 44 times for scan channel4.com/news/oxford-un…

Hannah Barnes Victoria Macdonald and I have investigated #maternity care at Oxford Uni Hospitals. Many issues seen in prev maternity scandals rang true, but the level of defensiveness and, frankly, bizarre revelations we made was enough to leave Wes Streeting speechless. Links below:

Part 1- baby deemed stillborn actually alive, secret recording of parents, legal threat from doctor: youtu.be/1IuYlRabVzw?si…

Part 2- stillbirth after parents call for scan 44 times, delays and disappearing doctor leaves child quadriplegic: youtu.be/zB5YzLpKJyM?si…

My full The New Statesman investigation - and cover story - here: newstatesman.com/politics/healt…

Channel 4 News’ second film, exploring OUH’s scanning pathway, and allegations that it has had a devastating impact on women and their babies youtu.be/zB5YzLpKJyM?si…

Frankly, if Wes Streeting didn't know this then he wasn't listening as intently to bereaved parents as he claimed. At this point I'd describe continuing to impose this rapid review is a "moral failure" to use his own words. We said this was going to happen, explicitly.

It is a decade since the Morecambe Bay maternity report was published, exposing the deadly consequences of normal birth ideology. Since then the regulator responsible for midwifery education Nursing and Midwifery Council has allowed this dangerous ideology to continue being taught.

How many babies have died during that time because of Nursing and Midwifery Council inaction? My Beatrice is one of them. This is why we need a statutory public inquiry - these people must account for their actions, in public, under oath, including questions asked by barristers representing victims.

This is a must read. Unbelievable that despite the harms of promoting ‘normal’ birth at all costs being known for so long, and being highlighted in every major maternity scandal thus far, trainee midwives are still being indoctrinated to this ideology. How?

Following today's The Times and The Sunday Times article, the RCM has said that the NMC is letting down educators, students and, ultimately, the public. Read more here 👇 rcm.org.uk/news/2025/11/f…

Extraordinary. Midwifery education standards shown by The Times and The Sunday Times to promote a dangerous anti-intervention ideology. RCM maintain “We have some of the most robust midwifery education standards in the world”. Robust in ignoring 3 concluded inquiries + ongoing ones I'd say.

For years, hundreds of babies and children with deafness were failed by a system that should have protected them. Sunlight is the best disinfectant. A decade of unacceptable failure uncovered. I’m very sorry to those families affected and I’m taking action to fix it.

An incredible response from readers to my storh yesterday. A lot of people suggesting midwifery should go back to being a nurse entry role first with post-grad specialist training, or that it should be a 4 year degree. Thoughts?

Rebecca Matthews Wes Streeting Donna Ockenden FRSA, Hon DLitt Hon DSci This is why we need a judge led, public enquiry with actual legal consequences for the sake of all families caught up in such catastrophic situations. So far, the rapid review appears to be doing little other than angering and hurting families who have already been through enough

Shaun Lintern This debate always reminds me of this quote from the EK maternity investigation report - it's a real example of what happens when you put a whole person, with all her health issues, in the hands of clinicians only interested in uteruses.

Horrifying to see the reaction to this piece from those who say they want to improve maternity care. At Abigail's inquest we were told we weren't invited in (against guidelines) to avoid breaking the "oxytocin bubble". A priority I'd never have chosen over my daughter's safety.