The Ockenden Review painted a deeply troubling picture of maternity care at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust. It confirmed what families, NHS staff and previous reviews had been saying for years: not isolated mistakes but long-running failures across the service. The Nottingham review examined the experiences of more than 2,500 families, more than 2,500 case reviews and engagement with over 800 current and former staff. It found that women and families were too often ignored, warning signs were missed and opportunities to prevent harm were repeatedly lost. Within days, Baroness Amos’s National Maternity and Neonatal Investigation widened the lens by reviewing care across 12 NHS trusts. The same problems appeared across England. There were not enough staff, maternity services were struggling to cope with demand, leadership was often poor, organisations were slow to respond when harm occurred, and some groups of women experienced worse care than others. Families affected by the Nottingham scandal are now calling for a statutory public inquiry into maternity and neonatal care across England, arguing that “safe care can only be …