NHS maternity care worst on record – with 39% of units rated ‘inadequate’ or poor

MATERNITY care in the NHS is worse than any time in the last 13 years, the safety watchdog has said. It comes after an inquiry this week revealed one of the health service’s worst ever scandals, in which 45 babies died due to poor quality care at hospitals in Kent. 1 Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital in Margate was part of an inquiry that found 45 babies died in Kent because of poor NHS care Credit: Alamy The Care Quality Commission, which was set up in 2009, said 39 per cent of mum-and-baby units are now rated “inadequate” or… Read Full Article