In the quiet aftermath of preventable loss, the United Kingdom has once again turned to Donna Ockenden — the country's foremost examiner of maternity failures — to investigate what went wrong inside University Hospitals Sussex. A joint media investigation revealed at least 55 babies may have died due to inadequate care since 2018, prompting a formal independent review that will examine over a thousand cases and place bereaved families at the centre of the reckoning. It is a story as old as institutions themselves: the gap between the care that was promised and the care that was given, and the
Bereaved parents to testify in major Sussex maternity services review
At least 55 babies died in potentially avoidable circumstances; bereaved families including Susan Cacciacarro, whose daughter Chiara was stillborn, are seeking accountability and answers.