Families Failed by OUH Maternity Services | Maternity care failings in Oxfordshire
Families Failed by OUH Maternity Services is a campaign calling for an independent inquiry into maternity care at Oxford University Hospitals.| Families Failed
A mother’s experience of Oxford University Hospitals Maternity Services in 2018: I gave birth and lost a great deal of blood in labour. I laboured too long, with mistakes from midwives and got sepsis. I was left after blood loss alone with my baby with no midwives for hours despite calling the bell. I couldn’t stand or walk or feed my baby. Due to my blood loss I had no milk. They got my notes mixed up with another mum’s and told me that the only way to feed my baby would be with ...| Families Failed by OUH Maternity Services
A mother’s experience of Oxford University Hospitals Maternity Services in 2023: I was forced to go to the JR after my blood pressure increased in the last week of pregnancy with my son. I had previously raised concerns about birthing there because I'd had an ectopic pregnancy before my son and my diagnosis and emergency surgery was all in the same building as the maternity services and I felt traumatised from the experience of my ectopic pregnancy. Perinatal mental health worked with...| Families Failed by OUH Maternity Services
A mother’s experience of Oxford University Hospitals Maternity Services in 2019 and 2024: My experiences are somewhat mild to those I have read on this website, however, I do believe that within my story there is evidence of a lack of training and discrepancies in care across the board. If I applied these to a more serious situation, they could be life threatening. My firstborn was born on spires - we had a couple of concerns during pregnancy but it was straightforward. The midwife on...| Families Failed by OUH Maternity Services
A mother’s experience of Oxford University Hospitals Maternity Services in 2025: The lack of care started from the beginning when my waters broke. I was told the usual, if nothing progresses in the next 24hrs then ring back and we will need to induce you for infection prevention. So 24hrs later I call and say I’m in extreme pain can I please come in as it’s been 24hrs, they tell me I have to wait for a phone call as they are really busy. What they said about the risk of infection afte...| Families Failed
A mother’s experience of Oxford University Hospitals Maternity Services in 2001 and 2002: Our harrowing experiences encountered at the...| Families Failed by OUH Maternity Services
A mother's experience of Oxford University Hospitals Maternity Services in 2019: My experience of childbirth in 2019 was traumatic and...| Families Failed by OUH Maternity Services
A mother’s experience of Oxford University Hospitals Maternity Services in 2022 and 2023-25: I lost a baby in 2022 and had a horrible...| Families Failed by OUH Maternity Services
A mother's experience of Oxford University Hospitals Maternity Services in 2022: I got to JR maternity and I asked for a water birth, so...| Families Failed by OUH Maternity Services
A mother’s experience of Oxford University Hospitals Maternity Services in 2023: In 2023 my bladder stopped working during the birth of...| Families Failed by OUH Maternity Services
A mother’s experience of Oxford University Hospitals Maternity Services in 2006: I lost 2 babies in the JR in 2006, both babies died...| Families Failed by OUH Maternity Services
A mother’s experience of Oxford University Hospitals Maternity Services in 2022: I was offered an amniocentesis at my 20 week scan as...| Families Failed by OUH Maternity Services
A mother’s experience of Oxford University Hospitals Maternity Services in 2024: There was no midwife available for me while I was in...| Families Failed by OUH Maternity Services
A mother’s experience of Oxford University Hospitals Maternity Services in 2019: I had my first child at JR in 2019. There were a...| Families Failed by OUH Maternity Services
A mother’s experience of Oxford University Hospitals Maternity Services in 2013: I was induced on the Friday afternoon, and they left...| Families Failed by OUH Maternity Services
A mother’s experience of Oxford University Hospitals Maternity Services in 2017: I feel let down by both community midwives during the...| Families Failed by OUH Maternity Services
A mothers's experience of Oxford University Hospital Maternity Services in 1991: After reading some of these dreadful experiences, I had...| Families Failed by OUH Maternity Services
A mother’s experience of Oxford University Hospitals Maternity Services in 2021: I gave birth to our daughter in November 2021 at OUH....| Families Failed by OUH Maternity Services
A mother’s experience of Oxford University Hospitals Maternity Services in 2014, 2017 and 2021: I’ve had all of my 3 children at OUH....| Families Failed by OUH Maternity Services
A mother’s experience of Oxford University Hospitals Maternity Services in 2007: My baby was 10 days overdue and so I was booked in to...| Families Failed by OUH Maternity Services
A mother’s experience of Oxford University Hospitals Maternity Services in 2015: I was induced with my first child in November 2015. As...| Families Failed by OUH Maternity Services
Families Failed by OUH Maternity Services is a campaign calling for an independent inquiry into maternity care at Oxford University Hospitals.| Families Failed
We are pleased that Oxford University Hospitals will be investigated as one of the 14 NHS trusts included in the government’s National Maternity Review, led by Baroness Valerie Amos.| Families Failed
