Britons know too well(非常清楚) that their National Health Service often provides poor care: in 2025 only 26% said they were satisfied with it, down from a high of(从高点下降) 70% in 2010. Maternity care is a particularly bleak spot(黯淡之处). A report by Baroness Valerie Amos(瓦莱丽·阿莫斯女男爵，英国政治家。), published on June 30th, concludes that mothers and babies are harmed across England in badly run hospitals incapable(无能力的) of learning from a litany of(一连串（消极事物）) past investigations. But what still shocks are the lies.(但最令人震惊的还是谎言。)
英国人太清楚他们的国民医疗服务体系经常提供糟糕的护理了：2025年只有26%的人表示满意，低于2010年70%的高点。产科护理尤其黯淡。瓦莱丽·阿莫斯女男爵在6月30日发布的一份报告指出，英格兰各地管理混乱的医院伤害了母婴，这些医院无力从一连串过去的调查中吸取教训。但最令人震惊的还是谎言。
Consider, if you can bear it(如果你能承受得了), the story of baby Harriet Hawkins and her parents Jack and Sarah. It is detailed(详细描述) in a report published on June 24th by Donna Ockenden, a midwifery expert, into the failings(失职、缺点) at the Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) trust between 2012 and 2025. Harriet died just before her birth in April 2016. Her mother had rung the maternity unit, repeatedly and in agony(极度痛苦中), asking to be admitted(请求入院). She was told by midwives that she was “not in labour(未临产)”. It was part of a policy of pressuring women to go home(施压让女性回家), or stay at home, in the early stages of labour. In total, Ms Ockenden concludes, there were nine missed chances(错失的机会) to save Harriet.
如果你能承受得了，请考虑一下婴儿哈里特·霍金斯及其父母杰克和萨拉的故事。此事详细记录在助产专家唐娜·奥肯登于6月24日发布的一份报告中，调查了2012年至2025年间诺丁汉大学医院信托的失职行为。哈里特于2016年4月出生前死亡。她的母亲曾反复痛苦地打电话给产科病房，请求入院。助产士告诉她“还没临产”。这是一项政策的体现，即压力让女性在分娩早期回家或待在家里。奥肯登女士总结说，总共有九次错过抢救哈里特的机会。
What followed was “a systemic cover-up(系统性掩盖) and investigations designed to mislead(旨在误导)”, found Ms Ockenden. Vital information was withheld from the pathologist looking into Harriet’s cause of death. A second post mortem(尸检) was held without the consent of(未经同意) her parents, who happened to work at NUH. A new, supposedly independent(据称独立的) review appeared to have been heavily edited(被大幅篡改) to deflect blame from(转移责任) the hospital. Once, when Dr Hawkins rang the hospital in distress, a secret recording was taken, and later played to others at a meeting.
奥肯登女士发现，随后发生了“系统性掩盖和旨在误导的调查”。法医在调查哈里特的死因时，被隐瞒了重要信息。第二次尸检未经其父母（恰好在NUH工作）的同意就进行了。一项新的、据称独立的审查似乎在很大程度上被篡改，以转移医院的责任。有一次，霍金斯博士痛苦地打电话给医院时，被秘密录音，后来在会议上放给其他人听。
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