TY - JOUR
T1 - Where the Ockenden report goes wrong
T2 - let us keep calm and follow the evidence
AU - de Jonge, Ank
AU - De Vries, Raymond
AU - Declercq, Eugene
PY - 2023/1
Y1 - 2023/1
N2 - The Ockenden report is a shocking read. Families were let down by maternity services resulting in avoidable deaths of women and babies. These tragic events cannot be reversed, but if we are to prevent them from happening again, we must have a clear picture of what went wrong. As researchers from outside the United Kingdom, we were surprised to read some of the recommendations in the report and particularly disappointed by the interpretation of the report in the media. These recommendations and the media reaction may, in fact, aggravate the very problems they are meant to allay.
AB - The Ockenden report is a shocking read. Families were let down by maternity services resulting in avoidable deaths of women and babies. These tragic events cannot be reversed, but if we are to prevent them from happening again, we must have a clear picture of what went wrong. As researchers from outside the United Kingdom, we were surprised to read some of the recommendations in the report and particularly disappointed by the interpretation of the report in the media. These recommendations and the media reaction may, in fact, aggravate the very problems they are meant to allay.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85136473475&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/1471-0528.17276
DO - 10.1111/1471-0528.17276
M3 - Article
C2 - 35946810
AN - SCOPUS:85136473475
SN - 1470-0328
VL - 130
SP - 11
EP - 14
JO - BJOG : An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
JF - BJOG : An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
IS - 1
ER -