Hospital must take action
The Care Quality Commission says urgent action must be taken to improve the welfare of women using maternity services at Medway Maritime Hospital.
- Sarah Saunders @SSaundersITV
VIDEO: Maternity unit must take 'urgent action'
A Kent hospital is under fire from a health watchdog for the second time in three months. In July, the Medway Maritime - in Gillingham - was one of 11 British hospitals placed in special measures because of high patient death rates.
Now the Care Quality Commission has uncovered serious safety issues over its maternity unit. It said too few midwives - and failing to carry out regular checks on medical equipment - was putting mothers and babies at risk.
Sarah Saunders spoke to mother Donna Butler, Adrian Hughes from the Care Quality Commission and Chief nurse Steve Hamms.
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