Mothers and babies being put at risk due to unsafe NHS maternity services, expert warns

NHS ombudsman says more tragedies will occur unless decisive action in taken

Mothers and babies are being put at risk because maternity services are still providing unsafe care, despite a series of scandals that have cost lives, the NHS ombudsman has warned.

More tragedies will occur unless the health service takes decisive action to put an end to repeated and deeply ingrained problems which lead to “the same mistakes over and over again”, he said.