Richard Stanton MBE
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On 1st March Kate would have been 13. Her death was avoidable. We never gave up seeking the truth & applying scrutiny: why Kate died & consequently why so many families were harmed by
@sathNHS
dysfunctional maternity service.
@BBCMBuchanan
&
@BBCPanorama
9pm tonight - the story.
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My daughter Kate died an avoidable death (in my arms). ‘Normal birth’ philosophy played a key part in her mother’s (Rhiannon) poor maternity care. Walk a mile in my shoes Catrin. Kate would be 11yrs old today if safety had been a priority - not “normality”.
@DOckendenLtd
Review.
#NLNB22
Normal Labour an Birth Conference. Proud and excited to be respresenting
@SwanseabayNHS
“Optimising Physiological Birth: A Health Boards commitment to the Role of its’ Midwives”
@Vicowens77
@JenileeCH85
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Rhiannon & I are privileged to have been awarded MBEs today. Our friends
@brookiewookie15
& Colin have also been awarded MBEs; together we’ve campaigned for improvements in maternity & funding to enable changes to be embedded for the prevention of harm to others
#BirthdayHonours
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Rhiannon: BREAKING: 30/3 for
@DOckendenLtd
report. YES! Thank you to EVERYONE who’s helped us get the families’ voices and trauma heard. Thank you for clearing parliamentary diaries. Thank you for bringing the learning forwards.
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“The loss of a child is something that affects you for the rest of your life. You shouldn’t have to bury your children, or cremate your child as we had to with Kate, & when we found out that Kate’s loss was absolutely avoidable, it’s that much harder”. 💔
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Again - Kayleigh & Rhiannon’s steadfast determination to research the ‘original 23’ families affected by
@sathNHS
negligent maternity care made it possible to present a case to
@Jeremy_Hunt
who launched the
@DOckendenLtd
review. Two powerfully brilliant women, United in grief. 💔
Thank you
@BBCMBuchanan
for your brilliant reporting and for following us through our fight!
#bbcpanorama
#maternityscandal
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My brilliant, brave, dignified & hugely loved wife Rhiannon telling it how it is: “It’s been down to families… pushing against a system that doesn’t want to learn.” Huge respect to the many many families who have found their shattered voices to articulate deep personal pain. 💔
“It’s been down to families… pushing against a system that doesn’t want to learn.”
Campaigner Rhiannon Davies says there is a “deep-seated culture” of ignoring families who suffer during labour, and calls on Sajid Javid to hold NHS trusts to account.
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United in grief - with all families affected.
A wholly available tragedy. Forever a stain on
@sathNHS
Many knew. They failed us further in a systemic failure of healthcare which was allowed to continue. Unchallenged.
Our thanks to all media who have so professionally helped
Rhiannon Davies (left) embraces Kayleigh Griffiths, following the release of the final report by Donna Ockenden, chair of the Independent Review into Maternity Services at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, at The Mercure Shrewsbury Albrighton Hotel, Shropshire.
@PA
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Rhiannon here: final Ockenden report delayed. No date. Reason? Parliamentary incompetence. Thank you for the massive kick in the guts to
@DOckendenLtd
and the 1862 families. So the ‘system’ doesn’t WANT to learn how to prevent avoidable deaths and harm in maternity?
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Kate Stanton-Davies.
01/03/09 - 01/03/09.
💔
Remember....when this started with 1 baby in 2009 the family had to fight for years to get answers. When more came forward the trust dismissed them. It labelled me as scaremongering when I proved there were dozens ...now its hundreds. Consider the long term pain caused to so many
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We’ve few, if any tears left to cry. 11yrs & 5mths since Kate’s avoidable death: 1000+ letters, 100+ meetings with CQC, NHSI/E, SaTH, West Mercia Police, DoH, NMC, MPs. We TOLD you repeatedly, with evidence. 1900+ families’ lives tragically changed, there MUST be
#accountability
.
They dont want sympathy. They want the harm to stop. Some of the almost 1,900 cases are as recent as 2019.
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My eloquent wife bravely speaking of the heartache, empty grief and devastating pain bereaved families feel at the loss of a child:
“No-one really seems to care” – campaigner Rhiannon Davies on her battle to improve maternity services – Channel 4 News
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@drruthannharpur
@LucyGoBag
@MsKirstySmith
@NicolaLPotts
@sheena_byrom
Play the system? Play the FUCKING system? Oh my Christ. I cannot believe my eyes. I had reduced foetal movements in the two weeks before Kate’s life was lost. Presumably I was one of those considered to be playing the system. Must be why my concerns were ignored and she died.
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Following from what I wrote yesterday … Poppy Russell’s mother “was non-compliant” … that’s what the midwife who failed to correctly record Poppy’s heart rate said at inquest. Verbatim. A labouring woman in extreme pain and at her most vulnerable was “non-compliant” …
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On behalf of Rhiannon and me - To Kayleigh and Colin and to the hundreds of other mummies and daddies and babies affected. With thanks to all those who support our push for prosecution and truth. In our hearts.
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.
@sarasiobhan
… we wouldn’t miss this for the world. Tears in my eyes and we haven’t even gone in yet! In memory of Connor
#laughingboy
XXxXX
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Pls join
@brookiewookie15
Colin Richard & me Rhiannon & help us bear the weight of our grief whilst driving for change by signing our petition asking
@SteveBarclay
&
@DHSCgovuk
to commit to our call for a
#NationalMaternityInquity
all details in the link:
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Thank you Shaun.
Loosing your child is life changing … 12yrs after Kate’s avoidable death, I can still feel her weight in my arms as I cradled her at 6hrs of age as she slipped away … our lives changed forever from that moment.
A ‘safe birth’ should always be the priority.
@sheena_byrom
@NadineMontgmery
You should meet with harmed families about the impact of all this. Physiological or not the focus should be on a safe birth and healthy baby. Sadly there is plenty of evidence promotion of one route over another has killed mothers and babies. I only see you on one side of this.
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Peter Herring, former
@sathNHS
CEO, rejected findings of Kate’s Inquest, therefore NO LEARNING. Went on to claim tax-free windfall of £252k by 'retiring' for one day - before returning to same job on full salary.
#morallyreprehensible
#toxic
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@drruthannharpur
@LucyGoBag
@MsKirstySmith
@NicolaLPotts
@sheena_byrom
I can hardly breathe. Get out of the profession you’re in. You clearly hate your patients & believe they unworthy of any care or compassion. Please. Please leave before you cause harm. Rhiannon not Richard speaking - before you lay into a man for daring to have an opinion.
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Shaun I’d be a liar if I said we’d never had a disagreement! But you have done SO MUCH to advance the patient safety agenda you have my everlasting respect. Anyone struggling to be heard should drop Shaun a line. TTFN Rhiannon.
I must have annoyed
@hergehound5
and Rhiannon countless times over the years with interviews. Sometimes the details of what happened left me near tears. This is their story, in detail, and well worth a read:
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Rhiannon here: we’re too far beyond the need for another localised inquiry & separate police investigation. We must accept everything families like mine have done has not been enough. Public inquiry into maternity services now.
#MaternityPublicInquiry
@ShaunLintern
@vsmacdonald
Without a public inquiry into the standard of maternity services in Leicester, the same failures will keep happening.
Mums and families have not been listened to. It is time that they are.
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Kayleigh & Colin.
Rhiannon & Richard.
1862 families.
United.
Pippa & Kate. 💔❤️💔
@Shaw1Libby
@JamesTitcombe
@hergehound5
I will not support hatred, I hope they have the support (and funding) required to make req improvements. I hope management won’t penalise those who speak out. I hope anyone not willing to work with bereaved/harmed parents to make the improvements will rethink their position!
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The system’s scared & should be. Kayleigh, Colin, Richard and I will never, ever give up. Because unlike all of the self-serving people who WILL be called out when ockenden 2 comes out, we care about the families affected and the future families that need to be protected.
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Wow such compassion and empathy in this bland and dispassionate statement from
@sathNHS
but then that’s not surprising is it? Is there no one at the Trust with any ability to consider the feelings of the families that have been decimated?
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Another day another devastating indictment of maternity failings. It’s why 24k people have joined our call for national maternity inquiry (Wales, Scotland, N Ireland, England) inquiry to create step change for the next generation:
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Poppy’s mum was denied a c section -
@sathNHS
’ natural birth agenda putting safety and care last.
The result was neglect and an avoidable death of a perfect baby girl …
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“Inquiry last year by Tom Kark QC warned revolving door of failed NHS managers had to stop, with new standards introduced & power for directors to be struck off”.
Ex-chief of scandal-hit hospital now works for group advising NHS on patient safety.
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@SteveBarclay
try walking a mile (… maybe a few 100M) in my shoes. Your ignorance clearly knows no bounds. I held my daughter as she died an avoidable death … and you wish to ‘deprioritise maternity care’. Let’s meet and have a conversation. Call me. Kind regards, Richard.
This afternoon, the Health Secretary
@SteveBarclay
will give a speech suggesting that maternity services should be 'deprioritised'. Our response in the thread below
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We will be listening
@MartynPitman
&
@BBCMBuchanan
: now you’re unshackled, let hellfire commence. You can lay bare the reality of what goes to create and sustain the oft referenced yet seemingly intangible issue of ‘culture’ that’s at the heart of catastrophic failings.
The first of many......the tide is going to turn. The truth will out.........
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Kate’s & Pippa’s legacy.
Right there.
In pink & white.
Making a difference.
“Thank you
@LiverpoolWomens
”!
💗💖💗
Following publication of the Ockenden Report we share with you our infographic that explains some of the actions the Maternity are undertaking to ensure full implementation of the seven essential & immediate actions in response.
#Safety
#Ockenden
@LiverpoolWomens
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A privilege to meet
@sarasiobhan
, Richard, Tom & family yesterday and humbled to tell a small part LB’s
#ConnorsRig
moving story initiated by
@SafeLaneGlobal
. Life is about creating positive memories & supporting people ...
Just watched this affirmation of positivity and the art of the possible. Cool teen Connor (Laughing Boy/LB) loved heavy haulage. He died an avoidable death and family and friends fought relentlessly for
#JusticeforLB
Now bomb detection
#ConnorsRig
is named in his honour. Love it:
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On 1st March Kate would have been 13 … if she had shown the same courage, fortitude & sense of fairness as her mum (Rhiannon) has show over the past 48hrs in challenging Parliament to do the right thing (RE:
@DOckendenLtd
Report) … then I could never have asked for more. ❤️💔❤️
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@MartynPitman
.
@MartynPitman
@sathNHS
did a similar tone deaf, self promoting ‘all is perfect’ video: “… look at the calming wall colour, a birthing pool … blah, blah, blah”. It didn’t end well … when Kate died an avoidable death not one of SaTH’s MLUs had an Operational Policy. All unsafe!
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Who knew? Well: Shropshire CCG, SaTH, NHSI/E, CQC, Sec. of State for Health, Coroner, Local LSA, NMC, GMC, Health & Safety Ex, Shrops’ MPs … 1000+ letters, countless meetings, hours of media. A backdrop of overwhelming grief … to articulate a systematic failure of healthcare.
@microlabdoc
@BBCPanorama
@GillWaltonRCM
@rcm
That's the word I was looking for. Wish
@BBCMBuchanan
had pressed her on that non-answer. The programme needed someone to say quite clearly that no one spoke up and everyone should have. And why.
@Jeremy_Hunt
@CommonsHealth
@Francis
@CQCProf
@NatGuardianFTSU
@AWhistleblowing
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Where they have lied, we have exposed the truth.
Where they have bullied, we have been dignified.
When they have been in denial, we have exposed the facts.
They should hang their heads in shame.
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Thoughts with the
#eastkent
families including
@DerekRKENT
Tom Sarah
@Helen_Gittos
today. Hoping for truth, compassion and LEARNING.
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Rhiannon here: K, C, R and I’ve spent weekends helping media get comms aligned pre-ockenden2. At huge re-trauma cost. The learning that’ll be gifted is 4 every family affected by avoidable maternity harm 4 the prevention of harm. Sadly at this last min the push back is acute 1/2
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Having requested
#NationalMaternityInquiry
in Sept & launched a petition calling for same, we’re heartened
@safe_maternity
has joined our call. We received a response from
@DHSCgovuk
last night; it didn’t address concerns adequately. We will be responding:
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Rhiannon here - you, and none of the SaTH families, are alone. Our babies, our lives, our families and our experiences connect us. Together. Our collective experiences will light up the sky and create change on March 22 xxx
@hergehound5
@sathNHS
@Jeremy_Hunt
@DOckendenLtd
And I am so glad they found me at a time when I thought my case was an isolated mistake that was saved by NICU. I had no idea I wasn’t alone.
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The quiet reserved bravery & dignity of Derek, Sarah, Tom and family to have to relive the traumatic details of Harry’s short life and avoidable death should not be lost on anyone ... more so, those managers charged with ensuring maternity care is above all compassionate & SAFE.
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“‘Systemic failures’ in death of day-old baby Nelly Webb at Welsh maternity unit”: babies and mothers in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are being harmed for the same reasons as in England. We need a national inquiry and future proofed solution
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Why have Richard
@brookiewookie15
Colin & I called for a
#MaternityPublicInquiry
? As Rich explained in the full interview with
@JournoChar
@ITVCentral
: so many disconnected & disjointed clinical & criminal investigations into hospitals is not effective 1/4
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Some are gifted honours as favours by friends; however, we’ve been awarded for delivering sustained & real impact in service to our community. So, we are graciously accepting our honours in memory of our lost babies. Thank you to those who supported our nominations
#HonoursList
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Yet again, another tragically avoidable loss. Our thoughts are with Jasper’s parents & wider family at such a horrifically sad time in their lives. And also to
@BBCMBuchanan
for telling this story with such empathy.
@SteveBarclay
THIS is why we need a maternity
#publicinquiry
Another truly hideous and totally avoidable maternity tragedy, covered with compassion and great sensitivity by
@BBCMBuchanan
. In this context, can there be any more disturbing comment from grieving parents than 'we felt like an inconvenience?' So desperately sad. 😕🥺
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I cannot listen to another word of the banal self-indulgent chit chat in parliament about baby loss. Oh my GOD hear yourselves. You work for US. You are not advancing the conversation you're not even listening to each other. What a pointless waste of time. Tell you what...
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Yesterday my best friend
@brookiewookie15
& I interviewed with the inimitable
@vsmacdonald
for tonight’s
@Channel4News
we spoke about
@CQCProf
failings & reiterated our call for
#maternitypublicinquiry
but
@SteveBarclay
continues to ignore us
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The
@DOckendenLtd
Review is a direct result of the avoidable loss of two beautiful girls:
@brookiewookie15
& Colin’s daughter- Pippa Griffiths & Kate Stanton-Davies - Rhiannon’s & my daughter. We ensured their voices were heard & now change is happening. It’s their
#legacy
💔
So proud to announce we have published our materntiy journey report. Listening to women, birthing people & families to hear what is important to them & learn from their experiences. This report looked at the experience of 760 families
@DOckendenLtd
@rchtmaternity
@cornwalllmns
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@ShaunLintern
@NHSEngland
Rhiannon here: what causes me such anger is we & now the wider media have carried the dreadful burden of raising the toxic issues
@sathNHS
. No staff have spoken out, making them complicit. Whistleblowers come forward: or don’t you care about all the lives being destroyed by harm?
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Why does it take broken families to drag those who contribute to avoidable deaths before professional conduct panels? Why do the panels drag the same families to hell and back? All love to Kayleigh and Colin.
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Rhiannon here:
@sathNHS
invited
@MichelePaduano
@bbcmtd
in to talk about heart rate monitoring on 1st day of inquest into the death of beautiful baby Poppy Russell - whose death, it will be argued, could have been avoided if heart rate monitoring had been effective
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Mothers & babies died avoidably
@sathNHS
, many more were avoidably harmed. Who knew what and when?
@DKShrewsbury
isn’t too interested -
@sathNHS
is his local hospital, he just wants to start a war with the French. ZERO EMPATHY & INSIGHT.
#sickening
#therewillbeaccountability
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Will someone please tell me why certain senior managers
@sathNHS
are still in post? Discovered by a caretaker, ‘fIled’ in a side room, were 600 boxes of patient’s maternity notes. This should ring alarm bells & now prompt suspensions of those responsible.
#databreach
#criminal
Final Shrewsbury maternity scandal report from
@DOckendenLtd
delayed until March, after hundreds of files relating to some of the 1,862 cases under investigation, were discovered by
@sathNHS
.
A concerning discovery for sure
@hergehound5
@brookiewookie15
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If you haven’t had time to view this impactful & empathetic report by the exemplary ITV Central team, please take 24mins. A hard hitting, emotional & difficult watch. Brave families sharing their most tragic stories. Journalism at its best. Thank you
@nancycoleITV
@JournoChar
💔
It's heartbreaking stories like these which prompted us
@itvcentral
to produce a special investigation into the
#maternity
care crisis.
They're just some of the many families affected who've spoken to me &
@nancycoleITV
over the years.
Watch it in full:
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@DOckendenLtd
Pippa & Kate’s legacy is far reaching. Positive change … enabled through tragic & avoidable loss and primarily two united families who would NOT be silenced by those who labelled us as “troublesome” in the context of ‘their’ negative response to listen.
#thankyou
I'm delighted to have been selected to be part of the group to help build the role of Independent Senior Maternity Advocate as advised in
@DOckendenLtd
report. Excited to be working with such a wonderful team!
@tillyfloss24
@NatMatVoicesorg
@TracyPilcher1
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“… We have been inspired by the families over the years who worked so hard to make change”.
Such bravery in the most tragic of life changing circumstances. Few words to add … just huge admiration at your strength, resilience and a determination to uncover the truth.
❤️💔❤️
Today our Bens inquest was squashed by the high court and there was a huge sense of pride that the key case law that we used was the Hillsborough case. We have been inspired by the families over the years who worked so hard to make change.
#Justice4Ben
#JFT97
#LFC
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@NHSwhistleblowr
@hariandpat
@Jeremy_Hunt
@CQCProf
@joocloo
@jackhawkski
@DerekRKENT
That’s because we are collateral damage - the hope is we’ll be crushed by our treatment and be rendered impotent and unable to fight for our children. Didn’t work tho did it - Richard and I never stopped fighting for Kate and are not alone.
@brookiewookie15
@JamesTitcombe
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Rhiannon here: this is the most tone deaf thing
@sathNHS
has ever done - and yes, it IS the trust that killed thousands of babies & compounded harm by lying & repeating failings. All changed now are we? Jolly good.
@DOckendenLtd
@CNOEngland
@JamesTitcombe
@brookiewookie15
💔
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By 2013
@ShropsCCG
knew, as did CQC, so did EVERY sitting Shropshire MP,
@sathNHS
knew, the Coroner knew ... ALL health regulators knew. We wrote to them ALL & had face to face meetings with many (more than once)! SaTH maternity tragedy is a systemic failure from top to bottom.
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Borrowing Rich’s Twitter to say thank you
@jonsnowC4
for asking me such challenging questions in such a kind way.
#Number1Fan
!
Moving interview with Rhiannon Davies about the death of her baby in the scandalous breakdown in the maternity provision at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital:
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Rhiannon here: sick of MPs claiming victories relating 2
@sathNHS
stop
@lucyallan
@CllrShaunDavies
etc you want promotions & gongs. Good luck. All bereaved destroyed parents like me want learning & change. We are the ones who have raised issues NOT YOU. So. Shut up and support us
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An eloquent, factual, heartfelt & passionate thread by
@RevdCharlotte
debunking & rightfully calling out
@TheLancet
woeful article. Rev’d Charlotte is right: a retraction & apology is due to so many families who grieve in personal pain as a result of woefully poor maternity care.
There are so many issues with this, I hardly know where to start. But I will anyway! First the “self interested denialism” that is apparently “stopping crucial action” to “support midwifery models of care to address current problems in maternity care” The author is presumably 1/
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@SafeLaneGlobal
@sarasiobhan
My wonderful wife Rhiannon working for
#SafeLane
and working to make a difference
#patientsafety
- love to all
#ConnorSparrowhawk
followers
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An essential read 4 those in
#maternity
& those who care about safe delivery of live babies. Thank u
@JamesTitcombe
. This is not a fight of us (the bereaved) v them (healthcare practitioners) it’s about learning from our experiences 4 the prevention of harm to others.
#HearUs
“There have now been two major maternity investigation reports in England where an inappropriate focus on promoting ‘normal birth’ has been identified clearly and unequivocally as a major factor in what happened...”
#saferbirths
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Thank you to everyone who has supported our journey from broken-by-grief to fighting-for-change, thank you to everyone who continues to campaign to advance patient safety. “Be the change that you wish to see in the world”
#KingsBirthdayHonours
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@lucyallan
We’ve been asking the same question for nearly 11yrs Lucy ... to the coroner,
@sathNHS
4 x CEOs & 3 x Chairman, CQC, NHSI & NHSE, LSA, NMC, GMC, Shrop CCG, all Shrop sitting MPs, RCOG,
@Jeremy_Hunt
, HSE, CPS ... over 1000 letters, over 100 meetings & media interviews.
This goes on getting worse - there are families caring for severely disabled children today and the Trust tried to “dilute” findings of malpractice. Why did no one listen?
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Sorry to burst your bubble Samantha ... it was me & Rhiannon my wife who bought this to ‘national attention’ ... nearly 11yrs ago in fact, when we avoidably lost our beautiful daughter Kate at
@sathNHS
... for over 10yrs they covered it up with a toxic culture!
#avoidabledeaths
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1/2: This is fraud. SaTH’s claim – “incorrect submission” – doesn’t wash. This is what the Board documented minutes show 25.5.18 - “The Quality & Safety Committee received assurance from Women & Children’s Care Group that ten key requirements of the ...
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“Inquiries into adverse outcomes [in the]
@sathNHS
in the UK has led to sensational media reporting …”. INACCURATE STATEMENT by
@hannahdahlen
whose ill judged & poorly ‘researched’ paper props up all that is fundamentally wrong with maternity care. The media helped expose this.
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Shropshire maternity scandal: Parents say their only concern is patient safety after hospital trust apology - thank you for your excellent reporting as always
@DRobertson_Star
#sath
#ockendenreview
#patientsafety
#babylossawareness
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10yrs 6mths after we lost beautiful Kate ... Rhiannon and I are united in our steadfast commitment to hold people to account. The cover up
@sathNHS
is now coming to the fore. Tick tock. Tick tock
#toxicmaternitymanagement
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@JamesTitcombe
Rhiannon: James thank u for the tenacity to articulate this. Why does there have to be a continued fight? We, bereaved parents whose every breath hurts, have a story to learn from. We aren’t here to hurt you healthcare profs, we are here to help you. For others. Stop fighting us.
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We stand with James.
United in grief.
United in a mutual vision (and hope) of improved & safe maternity care for all mothers & babies.
Such an orchestrated attack (on James) is shameful … like the pursuit of ‘normal birth’ which so many seemingly pursue.
Walk in our shoes. 💔
Very distressed recently dealing with multiple ‘complaint’ letters about me sent to people I work with. Many of these letters follow the same template - it does feel like a coordinated effort. Hugely grateful for support & friendship here. 1/2
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Rhiannon here as you & I know K, the compounding of harm through badly timed, often harmful or contradictory communication is a deliberate form of abuse for complainants. As is always ensuring the 1st incident investigation is appalling. It’s then hidden behind aggressively 1/2
@hergehound5
how many times have we sat in meetings and discussed how much harm is caused by being sent letters on a Friday afternoon? The weekend spent in despair with those you need to speak to out of the office!
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Oh sorry, Rhiannon again borrowing twitter! So many kind messages, so many beautiful flowers, so many wonderful people. Thank you to all those who have reached out to us. We are humbled by your compassion and kindness.
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If ever there were a case for the highest quality of public service broadcasting,
@BBCPanorama
&
@BBCMBuchanan
illustrate the power of scrutiny in their journalism … a voice for so many.
#maternitytragedy
From the croft in Ardveenish to presenting Panorama is some journey. But
@BBCMBuchanan
has spent his career giving a voice to those who would otherwise be silent and holding power to account. Please watch this important film on Wednesday.
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Our thanks to
@BenChapmanITV
and so many other media sources for helping us tell Kate’s & Pippa’s (
@brookiewookie15
) stories … like so many families embroiled by the
@sathNHS
maternity tragedy all we wanted were answers & improved care. But now there MUST be accountability too.
I am always in awe of these two incredibly determined and courageous women (and their husbands) who re-lived the tragedy in their own families time and time again so that others can get the answers they deserve.
@hergehound5
@brookiewookie15
#maternity
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Thank you from the bottom of my heart to everyone who helped make this happen - parent power! But also political, legal, family and friends.
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Harry’s life was lost due to neglectful care. Let us not forget the dignity, courage & bravery of
@DerekRichford
, Sarah, Tom & family whose dreams were shattered after Harry’s “wholly avoidable” death ... 💔
Coroner finds death of Harry Richford was “wholly avoidable. Mr & Mrs Richford were failed by the hospital but most importantly, Harry was failed”
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.
@WyeValleyNHS
“thank you” this a refreshing positive approach and it has the potential to save lives. Other trusts should take note … sometimes ‘simple’ messaging is all that is needed and it works. 👏🏼👏🏼 Thank you.
Pick up the phone. If you know a pregnant person who is worried about their baby's movements, please reassure them that we would rather they call Maternity Triage and get checked, instead of keeping their worries to themselves.
#MovementsMatter
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Anne & Graeme have endured decades of torture. Let’s not mince words. They’ve been deeply wronged. Lizzie’s suffering was avoidable.
@GeorgeJulian
perhaps you could help them write & share FULL story? The world must hear it. Rhiannon and Richard.
BREAKING: Damning inquiry report reveals a cover up spanning 20 years over baby death:
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Let’s hope
@helenhalcrow
,
@Jeremy_Hunt
,
@Dunne4Ludlow
are indeed heard by
@sajidjavid
and that he heeds their advice to personally present this in parliament. Anything less is disrespectful to the families and the
@DOckendenLtd
team. Do the right thing Mr. Javid please.
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Ahead of
@HelenMorganMP
's debate in parliament tomorrow to highlight ongoing issues in maternity care, I reiterate the need for a national inquiry - it is only national measures that can properly protect further families from experiencing avoidable harm and loss.
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How strong was
@katieotty
on
@bbcmtd
- telling her daughter’s tragic story. It is so hard to speak to the media, let alone to so clearly convey the devastation of avoidable loss. Very telling about the ongoing culture at
@sathNHS
which means it remains a lethal place to birth :-(
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Since when has gaslighting at the end of every news report, to entirely undermine it, become a thing? Presumably since the Tories came to power? But still, a new low - now we have the National Medical Director of NHS England
@NHSEnglandNMD
doing it:
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Fabulous & positive response to the
#OckendenReport
Dec ‘20. Lives will be saved, poorly babies futures will be brighter, voices will be heard, training will be shared, learning will be embedded. A legacy from Kate & Pippa. ‘Thank you’ to those enabling change.
#makingadifference
This is how we have responded to
@DOckendenLtd
sobering report
@drtraceyc
@ClaireKeegan66
@TeamCMidO
at Bradford.
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Being asked why I’ve rejoined the maternity safety conversation. I never left. But hoped I could listen to progress & not need to speak about catastrophic failings anymore. But then Leicester. And then…again…
@NHSSTW
‘HIGHEST MORTALITY RATE FOR NEONATES IN COUNTRY’
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Thank you for this thread.
We are waiting … and more importantly, we are watching.
There will be accountability.
Tick tock. Tick tock.
#ockendenreport
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Sincere thanks to the entire
@OFFICIALWMAS
board esp Anthony, Diane & Karen for inviting us today. It was humbling and an honour. By creating a legacy of change in Kate’s memory you’ve helped us immeasurably. Ps the flowers (& butterflies) were so kind. R & R
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Rhiannon here! To anyone choosing to comment on
#SATH
and why Richard, Kayleigh, Colin and I have never given up pushing for the truth to come out please read and heed the comment from Donna Ockenden...MANY cases are MOST SERIOUS EVER encountered.
"My team have asked me to remind you that many of the cases we are dealing with from
@sathNHS
are the most serious we have ever encountered in careers...stretching back over 30 years" - Donna Ockenden
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Babies are dying: trotting out the same old excuses just won’t wash but
@soniasodha
is wrong when she writes: “there must be a judge-led public inquiry into systemic maternity failings across the NHS.”
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Definition of wicked = evil or morally wrong. Perfect word to use to describe what happened to Kate, Rich and me. Kate died an avoidable death, murderous midwife struck off - we almost crushed by burden of truth seeking. Thanks to media for supporting us. This article is flawed.
Excited to publish this commentary on how midwives are the answer to the ‘wicked problems’ in the 🌍 in the Lancet today with
@FrankaCadee
@neel_shah
@DanielaDrandic
@AddressMalata
Supporting midwifery is the answer to the wicked problems in maternity care
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After the sucker punch from
@sathNHS
2day doubling down on the ‘natural birth at any cost fuck you it’s intl day of midwives’, I find out it’s intl bereaved mother’s day too. I am howling with laughter. Of course it is. The absolute serendipity. To all those sycophants and 🪡
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I swear if
@sajidjavid
doesn’t announce this in parliament himself and if
@Jeremy_Hunt
and the Shropshire MPs don’t show up at the launch to support the families the pain and distress we’ve been subjected to will not abate - have some compassion 2/2
#may10ockenden
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2/2 the impact is destabilising: the intention is to make the affected give in. How many times have we had to scrape ourselves up again. One of so many things the wonderful
@DOckendenLtd
learned from you me C and R was NEVER to send difficult comms on a Friday.
@hergehound5
how many times have we sat in meetings and discussed how much harm is caused by being sent letters on a Friday afternoon? The weekend spent in despair with those you need to speak to out of the office!
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Thank you to
@Jeremy_Hunt
for (eventually) agreeing (after many approaches) to meet Rich & me, for agreeing to review the 23 that
@brookiewookie15
& I identified which has enabled
@DOckendenLtd
to advance review. We told you. You listened. Numbers speak for themselves.
Deeply shocking to hear that the Ockenden review into Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust now looking at 900 cases meaning avoidable deaths may be on the scale of Mid Staffs. We now need to conclude it speedily and ask fundamental questions about maternity safety
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‘Thank you’
@BBCMBuchanan
. Without the coverage of local, regional & national media our voices & the scrutiny we hoped to bring would never have been heard. We are grateful to ALL journalists who have listened & reported with empathy & compassion - being ‘truthful, not neutral’!
I’ve just seen that the amazing
@hergehound5
& Rhiannon as well as
@brookiewookie15
& Colin have been given MBEs. Their efforts to improve maternity safety over many years have been immense and this is a thoroughly deserved public recognition of all their efforts.
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Local election purdah starts 28/3 so
@DOckendenLtd
’s report which will give answers to 1862 suffering families and CREATE POSITIVE CHANGE and SAVE LIVES either gets buried or pushed til May nice one
@sajidjavid
@Jeremy_Hunt
@aidanfowler1000
@CNOEngland
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An ideology that put a ‘natural’ birth before a safe birth. An ideology that caused avoidable harm & death and ultimately shattered the lives, dreams & hopes of many many mothers, fathers and extended families.
#lifelongharm
@Jeremy_Hunt
Training does not change attitudes.
The primary problem in contemporary maternity care is the primacy of an ideology of “normality” over “safety”.
What are you going to do about that ?
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