“Operation Lincoln was actually set up before the end of Ockenden, so they were running in parallel,” she told the BBC.
In 2022, a review of maternity services in Shropshire, led by senior midwife Donna Ockenden, concluded catastrophic failures may have led to the deaths of more than 200 babies, nine mothers and left other infants with life-changing injuries.
“If you think about Nottingham, there’s a police investigation and the next Ockenden review running in parallel,” said Ms Davies.
“The fact that this [Baroness] Amos review isn’t even going to be an investigation into Shrewsbury and Telford, it’s just going to be looking at what learning has already been identified, it just makes no sense.”
The national review is due to look at the worst-performing maternity and neonatal services in the country and is scheduled to report back by December.
