Evidence Session: St. Jude-by-the-Hill

A public inquiry into the maternity scandal at St. Jude-by-the-Hill Hospital in Manchester. Jeff is the chair of the inquiry, Amy is the consultant obstetrician, and Lily is the bereaved parent representing the families.

Evidence Session: St. Jude-by-the-Hill

True or false?

Dr. Archer states that the hospital leadership was focused on maintaining maternity ratings.

• True
• False

Lily asks the inquiry to strictly punish individual doctors and ignore the system.

• True
• False

Lily represents the bereaved families during the evidence session.

• True
• False

Jeff is the chair of the public inquiry.

• True
• False

Amy claims that she never knew about any warnings from junior midwives.

• True
• False

Listen again and complete the sentences

• Jeff: Good morning. We're now resuming the public inquiry into the maternity services at St. Jude-by-the-Hill. Dr. Archer, you've been called today to address the ____ in our interim report regarding avoidable harm and the institutional failure that allowed these tragic outcomes to persist.
• Amy: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I'm here to assist the inquiry in any way I can, and I acknowledge that we've suffered a massive ____ over the past decade.
• Lily: If we just fire a few scapegoats, nothing will change. We need ____ that fix the entire national health service, because a culture of denial runs much deeper than any single person's mistakes.

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