After a six-month-long investigation into maternity care in England, the government has published its initial findings. The report reveals a catalog of failures at 12 NHS trusts – from inadequate staffing and poor facilities to racial discrimination. So what do bereaved families make of the findings? And can this broken system be fixed?

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Guests: 

• Eleanor Hayward, health editor, The Times. 
• Poppy Koronka, health reporter, The Times. 

Host: Luke Jones.

Producer: Micaela Arneson. 

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