Campaign launched for families impacted by failings in Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) maternity care – what you need to know.
With a move to investigate the country’s maternity services, a campaign group is calling for the provisions in Oxford to be urgently included in the inquiry’s initial stage.
What is the campaign seeking?
“Families Failed by the OUH Maternity Services” has brought together over 500 families for both support and strength, but is also calling for an independent inquiry into the maternity provisions in Oxfordshire.
The overall goal of the campaign is to ultimately bring about more accountability for failings and to bring about positive systemic change. Their hope is this will ensure future families are treated with respect and dignity.
Who has been impacted?
It is sad to see such as large number of people join a group such as this as clearly shows something is not working with the services being provided.
There are families who have suffered the loss of their baby, families of children with profound disabilities and parents who have suffered significant psychological harm as a result of their experiences. A single theme of lives being devastated is clear.
I wholeheartedly support the campaign. It is important that patients harmed in such a way are given a ‘voice’ and are listened to, so that such practices are scrutinised to ensure patient safety is prioritised.
How is the campaign progressing, and what’s next?
The “Families Failed by the OUH Maternity Services” campaign has received attention from national media and appears to be gathering momentum.
However, if you are currently undergoing care at the OUH or have in the past, to ensure that the campaign achieves its aims it is worth:
- joining the campaign;
- writing to your MP and Wes Streeting – the campaign have a template available here;
- submitting your story to the campaign and be part of their media coverage. This helps collate as many experiences as possible to look for trends and themes which can then be addressed;
- seeking support – do not suffer in silence.
Our expertise in birth trauma and injuries.
Our medical negligence experts at RWK Goodman have extensive experience working with mums who’ve been negligently injured in the course of traumatic births, as well as families who have been impacted by injuries affecting their newborn children too.
If you have been injured through substandard maternity care at the OUH and would like to find out more about how we can help you claim compensation, please contact our enquiries team.
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