Hebridean | Social Affairs Correspondent
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Michael Buchanan retweeted
Jun 8
“The journey was a super chilled affair.”
Kevin Bridges spots the similarities between supporters’ buses in Scotland and Brazil!
Kevin Bridges: In Search of the Beautiful Game is on BBC iPlayer.
#KevinBridges #InSearchOfTheBeautifulGame
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Michael Buchanan retweeted
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The CQC has rated Oxford University Hospitals’ maternity services ‘Good.’ Yet, it's hard to square that conclusion with the regulator's findings. OUH was found to have seven breaches of four maternity safety regulations. (Pics below show actions the trust must now carry out.)🧵
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NEW: Heavily pregnant women were encouraged to 'FOH' by a senior midwife at an NHS trust. The letters stood for 'F*** Off Home' and are part of a pattern of poor attitudes by staff at the Nottingham University Hospitals trust revealed by @BBCPanorama
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The board of the trust repeatedly commissioned external reviews of its maternity services but then didn't enact the necessary improvements, said Donna Ockenden who is chairing the independent inquiry.
From ward to board, everyone knew the problems but didn't act appropriately.
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The entire board has been changed since the maternity review was started. The current CEO told Panorama that his organisation must take responsibility for its previous failings and that he was focused on ensuring that care was improved now.
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Lots of discussion today about cost of living pressures.
Here’s something we did a couple of weeks ago, speaking to lots of people in one community about the problems they’re facing
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Michael Buchanan retweeted
🔴Breaking News - Appointed as Government's National Maternity Advisor
Today, I am honoured to announce that I have been appointed as the National Maternity Advisor to the Government.
This role is deeply personal to me. Before I was a politician, I was - and always will be - a mother. Like far too many women across this country, I know what it feels like to come through childbirth carrying both physical and emotional scars. That experience has shaped me, driven me, and strengthened my determination to fight for safer, more compassionate maternity care for every family.
Please see my statement below ⬇️
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I’m hearing a lot of concerns about what Wes Streeting’s resignation means for the various maternity reviews that have been announced.
Streeting spent a considerable amount of time listening to harmed and bereaved families, sometimes against the wishes of his officials. (1/4)
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A new health secretary will now have to pick up and respond to a large body of work, from Amos to Nottingham, Leeds to Sussex.
The fear many families have is that the new person won’t be as engaged as Streeting was, and that the avoidable harm will continue. (3/4)
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Whoever it is will need to engage with those people who’ve fought for so long to improve maternity services and reassure them that the government remains committed to the cause.
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Michael Buchanan retweeted
May 13
This scope & @DOckendenLtd
as chair means it's possible to breathe a sigh of relief that we'll get a full understanding of maternity failings at UHSussex & how they can be prevented from ever happening again. Thank you @wesstreeting for finally hearing us. gov.uk/government/news/scope…
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NEW: The review into maternity care in Sussex is likely to assess 1000 cases, going back to 2018.
The scope of the inquiry, confirmed today, is a huge win for the families who were initially offered an examination of just nine cases.
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NEW: After a determined and skilled campaign led by @AlisonMcDermo20 & Hinaa Toheed, 10 allegations of judicial misconduct against the same judge will be investigated. Until they started legal action, the judicial watchdog dismissed almost all complaints
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First bus 10:05; last bus 1:20…
In our latest piece looking at the state of modern Britain, we’ve been to the Isle of Sheppey in Kent, where public debt is making life harder for residents and adding to their cost of living pressures. With @Eley90
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Michael Buchanan retweeted
Positive breaking news - NI is to get a dedicated regional Mother Baby Unit. @mikenesbittni says a design team is being appointed & it will open no later that 2028/29 It will be located in the grounds of BCH. @SiobhanGraham43 whose daughter died says its too late for her family
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