Overview
- Baroness Amos’s rapid review team is in Oxford today for a two-day visit under the national maternity and neonatal investigation.
- Health Secretary Wes Streeting called the revelations "scandalous" and asked NHS England to scrutinize OxGrip’s rationale, monitoring and impact on resources beyond the rapid review’s remit.
- OxGrip, introduced in 2016, adds a routine 36‑week scan not recommended by NICE, with allegations that the extra workload denied scans to some high‑risk patients.
- Oxford University Hospitals issued an apology, acknowledged further work is needed, and highlighted steps such as hiring 54 midwives, improving clinical training, strengthening leadership and enhancing bereavement services.
- Reported incidents include a baby wrongly declared stillborn and claims of obstructive responses to campaigners, with the trust saying it had no role in a consultant’s legal letter and no knowledge of a covert recording at the time.