{"product_id":"broken-trust","title":"Broken Trust: Inside the UK’s maternity crisis","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAbout the Book\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eNothing should be more exciting than arriving home from hospital with a healthy new family member in tow. In the vast majority of cases, that is exactly how it happens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eYet mistakes and poor care have become endemic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eSuccessive inquiries and reports identify the issues but any warnings go unheeded until the next scandal breaks. The NHS in England now spends more on compensation arising from these incidents than it does on maternity services in the first place. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHow did it get this bad? Are the problems purely a lack of funding or is it something money alone cannot fix? A hierarchical working culture, too many managers or misplaced priorities perhaps? Or a toxic workplace culture, poor management or misplaced priorities?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eMichael Buchanan, the BBC’s social affairs correspondent, has been investigating these failings for nearly ten years in an attempt to understand what is going wrong. Starting with the investigations into incidents at Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust, his research has widened as more and more Trusts have been exposed for providing substandard maternity care. All culminating in the controversial review by Baroness Amos and the damning findings of the Ockenden report into the Nottingham NHS Trust published in the Summer of 2026.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eBroken Trust\u003c\/em\u003e, Michael lays bare what he has discovered and along the way tells of the very human tragedies behind the headlines. The results are unnerving and should be a wake up call to the politicians, civil servants and the medics themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eMichael Buchanan is the BBC Social Affairs Correspondent \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eBibliographic details\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003ePublication due 25 February 2026\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHardback, £22, ISBN 978-1-917447-19-5\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003ePaperback, £11.99, ISBN 978-1-917447-20-1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e260 pages approx,\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e129 x 198mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAlso available in ebook and audio\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Bath Publishing Limited","offers":[{"title":"Paperback - £11.99","offer_id":64855839244665,"sku":"9781917447201","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover - £22","offer_id":64855839277433,"sku":"9781917447195","price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/6385\/files\/BrokenTrustcoverv7.jpg?v=1791806497","url":"https:\/\/bathpublishing.com\/products\/broken-trust","provider":"Bath Publishing Limited","version":"1.0","type":"link"}