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The Mail in Cumbria has won an 18-month battle for transparency<\/a> after the Nursing and Midwifery Council released a review looking at the regulator’s decision not to suspend a midwife involved in the care of the two babies who died.<\/p>\n

In 2016, the Nursing and Midwifery Council announced it had launched a learning review into its handling of the case of a Barrow midwife. But it refused to disclose the review after stating the document contained confidential advice from its lawyer.<\/p>\n

In a bid to deliver its findings to the grieving families of two babies who died, The Mail pressed the case for transparency by pursuing a legal challenge through the courts in March, with advice from the News Media Association and the Campaign for Freedom of Information.<\/p>\n

The live case, heard in Manchester, was adjourned for the publication of a separate report into the NMC’s behaviour by the Professional Standards Authority. This report concluded the NMC failed the families who lost loved ones in Barrow’s maternity unit.<\/p>\n

Following publication of PSA report, the NMC said it was publishing the review having “decided that it’s now in the public interest”” following “a fresh balancing exercise.”<\/p>\n

Caroline Barber, senior reporter – investigations, News and Star\/The Mail, said: “The advice provided by the News Media Association assisting with our representations was simply invaluable. Without it, I think the judge would have dismissed the case quite quickly.<\/p>\n

“The fact that he was prepared to give it serious consideration was critical to the Professional Standards Authority recommendation that the report should be published.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Mail in Cumbria has won an 18-month Freedom of Information battle for transparency after the Nursing and Midwifery Council released a review looking at the regulator’s decision not to suspend a midwife involved in the care of the two babies who died.
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