#maternity-safety

#maternity-safety

The 39-year-old had been told she would have to give birth to her stillborn daughter, who was called Olivia, and was given medication to bring on the labour. Within hours Jacqui was having intense contractions and at one point slumped into the arms of her husband, Lori Quate, who thought she had fainted. As staff at Ninewells Hospital rushed to help her, she suffered a cardiac arrest.

Some families very recently have fed back to me shocking examples of being stigmatised or gaslit - criticised for either being part of the independent review or for campaigning for better services. Families have heard that they are criticised for being in the review, and that they are in the review on the basis that they are seeking compensation. The families tell me that there are instances where they feel they have reason to believe they can trace that back to colleagues that work in NUH.