The healthcare watchdog has apologised over delays to the publication of its report into maternity services in Nottingham, which is subject of the largest inquiry of its kind in the NHS. Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspections in June and July found seven breaches of regulation in safe care and treatment at Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) NHS Trust’s two main hospitals. Overall, maternity services have been rated as requires improvement for being safe and well-led. Following criticism from Donna Ockenden, who is leading the review into maternity deaths and injuries at the trust, the CQC has admitted the report was not published “as soon after the inspection as it should have done”.
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