What is Amos Review?published at 06:26 Moscow time
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The National Maternity and Newborn Inquiry was set up by the then Health Secretary Wes Streeting in June last year after he said he had heard “harrowing stories… from mothers and fathers who have been let down by the NHS”.
Baroness Amos, a former government minister, has been tasked with leading the inquiry, reviewing the maternity and neonatal system and integrating the findings of previous reports into a single national set of actions.
Its aim was to ensure that “every woman and child receives safe, quality and compassionate care”, the government said.
A new National Maternity and Neonatology Taskforce will be responsible for implementing the recommendations.
However, some families have criticized the limitations on what the review can do and the short time it takes to complete it, fearing that meaningful action will not follow.
Controversy also surrounded the release of the final report after one of the country’s leading maternity researchers resigned over its findings.
Dr Bill Kirkup, who researched maternity services in Morecambe Bay and East Kent, is understood to have disagreed with Amos over her conclusion that the push for normal births, including refusing women caesarean sections, was not common in the country.