Overview

• Nottinghamshire Police’s Cyber and Digital teams spent months probing the July 2024 deletion and concluded it was most likely intentional
• The file’s recovery led to about 300 additional cases being added to the independent maternity review led by Donna Ockenden
• Investigators found no evidence of systemic failures within NUH’s management, IT or governance in connection with the data loss
• NUH chief executive Anthony May accepted the police findings and said new safeguards have been implemented to secure digital records
• Families affected by maternity failings urged anyone with information about the deletion to come forward to assist ongoing inquiries