'Wholly insufficient'

The Independent's Morning Headlines email [The Independent]( May 19, 2023 [View online](   [Morning Headlines]( 1 / [Inquiry into major UK maternity scandal slams NHS for failure to consult Black and Asian families]( An [inquiry]( into maternity care failings at an NHS trust that left [dozens of babies dead or brain-damaged]( is “wholly insufficient” because only a fraction of Black and Asian women have come forward, its chair warned today. [Donna Ockenden,]( who is leading a review into [Nottingham]( University Hospitals NHS Trust [after]([The Independent](uncovered poor care over more than a decade, urged hundreds more families to make contact. The senior midwife, who also led [the flagship review into failures at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust](, suggested the health service must do more to increase the number of responses from ethnic minorities if the trust is to learn from the scandal. Less than 20 families from Black and Asian communities are currently involved in the inquiry, compared to more than 250 white families, The Independent understands. It is understood letters have only been sent out in English, while Ms Ockenden pointed to examples of women being unable to access translation services and expectant Muslim mothers being turned away if they objected to male sonographers. 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