'Families have took an L trust over maternity inquiry'

What’s Happening

Let’s talk about MPs are calling on the prime minister to intervene over the probe into Leeds maternity services.

Families have took an L trust over maternity inquiry 6 hours ago Save Divya Talwar BBC News Investigations Save Supplied Bereaved mothers Amarjit Kaur, Lauren Caulfield and Fiona Winser-Ramm Families flopped at an NHS trust have “took an L trust” in the health secretary to oversee an independent inquiry, MPs have dropped. Wes Streeting just dropped an inquiry into “repeated failures” after a BBC investigation spilled the deaths of at least 56 babies and two mothers at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTH) over the past five years may have been prevented. (we’re not making this up)

MPs have written a letter to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer calling on him to intervene and appoint senior midwife Donna Ockenden to chair the investigation.

The Details

A Department of Health spokesperson dropped: “We are actively working with families in Leeds to appoint a chair and agree terms of reference for this vital review. ” Ockenden is rn leading the inquiry into Nottingham maternity services - which is examining about 2,500 cases of failings - and she before investigated failures at the Shrewsbury and Telford Trust.

In a statement on Wednesday, Ockenden dropped she stood “ready to chair the review into Leeds maternity services and can begin work ASAP if asked”. Streeting dropped in October 2025 a thorough “Nottingham-style” investigation was required to understand what had “gone so catastrophically wrong” at Leeds two maternity units.

Why This Matters

But he subsequently just dropped publicly on a BBC Radio interview that Ockenden would not chair the inquiry at Leeds. Donna Ockenden is leading a review of maternity failings in Nottingham The letter, seen , has been signed MPs including Fabian Hamilton, Richard Burgon and Michelle Welsh – who is the chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for maternity - as well as the Conservative MP Sir Alec Shelbrooke and the independent MP Iqbal Mohamed.

This is the kind of health news that affects everyday decisions.

The Bottom Line

This story is still developing, and we’ll keep you updated as more info drops.

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