Manchester's major maternity hospital issued immediate warning by watchdog in year of maternity care scandals

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Manchester’s major women, children and baby hospital has been issued a warning after serious concerns about ‘not operating effectively to protect’ patients, not providing treatment quickly enough, and not having enough ‘skilled and experienced’ staff on duty to prevent risks.

Saint Mary’s Hospital, based on Oxford Road in Manchester city centre, has been under scrutiny by the health watchdog, the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

The watchdog found significant issues during an inspection of the hospital’s maternity services between March 7 and 9, 2023.

The Manchester Evening News can reveal that the CQC issued a warning notice on March 24 detailing ‘three main concerns’. They included: “The service did not operate effective and timely triage process to protect women, birthing people and newborns. “The service did not facilitate timely access to appropriate treatment and birth settings for women, birthing people and newborns.