Bereaved mother says she is ‘absolutely not’ satisfied with reviewpublished at 08:56 BST 30 June
08:56 BST 30 June
Parents who gave evidence to the National Maternity and Neonatal Investigation, are speaking to BBC Breakfast this morning.
Asked what brings her here today, Lauren Caulfield, whose daughter Grace died in the days before her birth, says she wants “children to stop dying”.
On the review published today, Lauren says she is “absolutely not” satisfied, arguing that it is “fundamentally dangerous” to implement a maternity commissioner that she believes would not be “meaningfully independent”.
Instead, like a number of others, she calls for a statutory public inquiry “to understand exactly what has gone wrong” and “who has been responsible”.
Also speaking to BBC Breakfast are Gina and Peter Reeves, who are asked about the review’s finding of racism “embedded throughout the maternity and neonatal system”.
Gina explains that when she was giving birth to her son, who died, she “was told that I didn’t look like I was in pain”.
“I didn’t scream, I didn’t shout, but my whole body went into shock mode and nobody listened to me.”
Peter says he is “not surprised” by the report’s findings, but adds that “it’s not just what, it’s what we do next” – and urges politicians to come together in order to improve outcomes for families.