What is the Amos review?published at 06:26 BST
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The National Maternity and Neonatal Investigation was set-up by then-Health Secretary Wes Streeting in June last year, after he said he had heard “harrowing stories… from mothers and fathers let down by the NHS”.
Baroness Amos, a former government minister, was asked to head the investigation, reviewing the maternity and neonatal system and bringing together findings from previous reports into a single national set of actions.
Its aim was to ensure “every woman and baby receives safe, high-quality and compassionate care”, the government said.
A new National Maternity and Neonatal Taskforce will be responsible for implementing the recommendations.
However some families have criticised the limitations on what the review can do, and the short time is has to do it, fearing that meaningful action could not follow.
Controversy has also surrounded the publication of the final report after one of the country’s leading maternity investigators resigned over its conclusions.
Dr Bill Kirkup, who investigated maternity services in Morecambe Bay and East Kent, is understood to have disagreed with Amos over her finding that a push for normal birth, including denying women caesarean sections, was not prevalent nationally.
