00:00When maternity care goes rung, families are left with scars that never heal.
00:06That's why the government has ordered a review of services at 14 NHS trusts,
00:11and Sandwell and West Birmingham is on the list.
00:13This trust has already been under pressure.
00:16Last year, the regulator downgraded its City Hospital maternity unit
00:20to inadequate for safety.
00:22Inspectors flagged poor staffing levels, problems with equipment
00:26and gaps in translation for mothers who don't speak English.
00:30Since then, maternity has shifted to the new Midland Metropolitan University Hospital,
00:36but families are asking whether the move has fixed the problems or just relocated them.
00:41The review, led by Baroness Amos, is supposed to cut through years of failed promises.
00:47Past inquiries in other parts of England found women ignored,
00:49warning signs missed and a culture that silenced staff.
00:54Hundreds of recommendations have been made nationwide,
00:57yet families say the same mistakes keep on happening.
01:00Here in Sandwell and West Birmingham, those risks are sharper.
01:05The area has some of the highest levels of deprivation in the country.
01:09Stillbirths are more common in its poorest postcodes.
01:12Black and Asian mothers are more likely to face worse outcomes.
01:16Heathwatch has already warned that language barriers and digital poverty
01:20make it harder for families to be heard.
01:23The trust insists it is improving, but the review will test that claim.
01:28For local people, this isn't about policy pipers.
01:31It's about whether mothers and babes are safe the moment they walk through the door.
01:36And whether lessons that should have been learned years ago are finally being acted on.
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