Dr Bill Kirkup

• Maternity services at a health trust reviewed by Health Inspectorate Wales identified as requiring “immediate improvement”

  • PostedDecember 15, 2023

  Following an unannounced inspection in September 2023 by Health Inspectorate Wales at Singleton Hospital, run by Swansea Bay University Health Board, the inspectors’ report identified significant patient safety concerns and...

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• It’s time to break to cycle – “it will not happen again”

  • PostedOctober 20, 2022

  The long-awaited Report, led by Dr Bill Kirkup, into the Maternity and Neonatal Services at East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust has now been made public. Quite possibly, the most...

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• Maternity units in denial when births go wrong

  • PostedOctober 2, 2020

  Dr Bill Kirkup is looking at a series of failings at East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust following the death of up to 15 babies. The investigation is being assisted by...

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