A statement from Donna Ockenden

Wed 12th February, 2025

Today, the thoughts of all the Independent Review team are with the parents, grandparents, and families of babies Adele, Quinn, and Kahlani. 

The Independent Review promises that Adele, Quinn, Kahlani & their families will have their voices heard and amplified through the Review. The fine of £1.6million to Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust for the avoidable failings the families suffered cannot turn the clock back or bring back their babies. Nor can it bring back the lives the families had before these failings. 

The Review team commits that the short lives of Kahlani, Quinn and Adele will bring about long lasting and sustainable change in maternity safety both in Nottinghamshire, and nationally. Everyone is born: therefore the provision of safe maternity care for all mothers and babies needs to be the highest of NHS priorities – today and going forward.