A senior midwife leading the inquiry is expected to announce 1,700 families' cases will be examined.
The review is looking into cases at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs the City Hospital and the Queen's Medical CentreA review into failings in maternity care in hospitals in Nottingham is set to become the largest in the UK, the BBC understands.
Donna Ockenden, chair of the inquiry, is expected to announce that 1,700 families' cases will be examined., which found at least 201 babies and mothers might have survived had they received better care.Her Nottingham review comes afterIn May, families involved in the review had requested an apology, while Ms Ockenden has called for a "radical review" to ensure "women from all communities" were being contacted by the trust and "felt confident" to come forward.
So far, 1,266 families have contacted the review team themselves directly and to date, 674 of these have given consent to join it. The families have asked for the Department of Health and Social Care, NHS England and the trust to agree to change the review from "opt-in" to "opt-out". Later, chairman Nick Carver will apologise on behalf of Nottingham University Hospitals Trust at its annual meeting.Donna Ockenden said there was not "anywhere near a representative sample" of families, which used the "opt-out" approach, included more than 95% of affected families.The letters went to families who had experienced stillbirth, neonatal deaths, brain damage to the baby, harm to mothers or relatives of mothers who died.
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