New report details long-standing systematic failures in Nottingham’s maternity care

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New report details long-standing systematic failures in Nottingham’s maternity care

On 24 June, independent senior midwife Donna Ockenden published her long-awaited review of failures in maternity care under Nottingham university hospitals (NUH) NHS trust. The report identified: long-standing and deeply embedded systemic failures across multiple areas of maternity and neonatal care. Then-health secretary Sajid Javid first commissioned the review after eight families came forward with accounts of the harm and loss they suffered. However, by the time the review closed in May 2025, almost 2,500 families had taken part. For the most part, their experiences covered just over 3 years, beginning in 2012. Likewise, over 800 members of NUH staff contacted…

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Israel-bought politicians don’t care what a hate march actually is

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Israel-bought politicians don’t care what a hate march actually is

Israel lobbyists — and UK politicians who take donations from Israel lobbyists — characterise protests against Israel’s genocide as ‘hate’. It’s a bare-faced lie. But the far-right is full of hate yet many MPs refuse to say so. The ‘protest’ (riots) in Southampton on Tuesday, egged on by fascists Nigel Farage and Tommy Robinson, put it beyond doubt. View this post on Instagram A post shared by MEND Community (@mendcommunity) Israel-aligned politicians attack humanitarians instead Yet the Starmer regime is treating this real hate as a side issue. It’s too busy waging war on peaceful protest, free speech on genocide and…

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Social care crisis fears as migrant workers’ children face deportation

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Social care crisis fears as migrant workers’ children face deportation

The crisis facing social care could worsen as Labour sets out devastating plans to deport the children of migrant workers, who are filling vital staff shortages. Despite having valid, and extended, health and care worker visas to work in the UK, migrant families continue to be attacked by the government. As the Home Office “set[s] out plans for the biggest legal migration reforms in a generation”, to tackle “unprecedented levels of migration under the previous government”, children are being threatened with deportation. Inevitably, this will lead to a mass exodus of people invited to work in social care while Brits have…

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