Sandwell maternity services under investigation

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Sandwell and West Birmingham is one of 14 NHS trusts under review over maternity care failings. Families and staff question whether safety has improved after City Hospital’s unit was moved to Midland Met.

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00:00When maternity care goes rung, families are left with scars that never heal.

00:06That's why the government has ordered a review of services at 14 NHS trusts,

00:11and Sandwell and West Birmingham is on the list.

00:13This trust has already been under pressure.

00:16Last year, the regulator downgraded its City Hospital maternity unit

00:20to inadequate for safety.

00:22Inspectors flagged poor staffing levels, problems with equipment

00:26and gaps in translation for mothers who don't speak English.

00:30Since then, maternity has shifted to the new Midland Metropolitan University Hospital,

00:36but families are asking whether the move has fixed the problems or just relocated them.

00:41The review, led by Baroness Amos, is supposed to cut through years of failed promises.

00:47Past inquiries in other parts of England found women ignored,

00:49warning signs missed and a culture that silenced staff.

00:54Hundreds of recommendations have been made nationwide,

00:57yet families say the same mistakes keep on happening.

01:00Here in Sandwell and West Birmingham, those risks are sharper.

01:05The area has some of the highest levels of deprivation in the country.

01:09Stillbirths are more common in its poorest postcodes.

01:12Black and Asian mothers are more likely to face worse outcomes.

01:16Heathwatch has already warned that language barriers and digital poverty

01:20make it harder for families to be heard.

01:23The trust insists it is improving, but the review will test that claim.

01:28For local people, this isn't about policy pipers.

01:31It's about whether mothers and babes are safe the moment they walk through the door.

01:36And whether lessons that should have been learned years ago are finally being acted on.

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