Eleven babies and one mother died following "a lethal mix" of failures in a "seriously dysfunctional" maternity unit at Furness General Hospital, an independent inquiry has found.
The chief executive of the NHS Confederation has refused to answer questions about the failings at Morecambe NHS Trust.
Mike Farrar was asked about the independent inquiry after he had hosted a discussion panel at the UK e-Health Week event at Olympia in London.
A man whose wife and son died at Furness General Hospital says he has never received an apology for failings which led to their deaths.
A "lethal mix" of poor clinical care and relationships between doctors and midwives led to the deaths of 11 babies and one mother.
A damning report out tomorrow is expected to reveal the deaths could have been prevented if staff had not been 'at loggerheads'.