Here’s the direct effect of our NHS blame culture: babies die. Tragedy after tragedy, it can’t go on - Jeremy Hunt (The Guardian, 9th October 2025)

Summary

In this article Jeremy Hunt MP, who served as secretary of state for health, later secretary of state for health and social care, from 2012 to 2018, reflects on maternity safety in the NHS at the start of Baby Loss Awareness Week. He highlights the different rates of maternal deaths in the UK compared with other high-income countries and how significant numbers of staff don’t feel comfortable speaking up about safety concerns. He also talks about the potential benefits of the NHS adopting a system of no-fault compensation following medical error, similar to the one operated in Sweden.

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