Selected media coverage and reporting relating to stillbirth investigation, coronial jurisdiction and maternity safety in the UK.
March 2026
ITV Central News reported on this issue seven years after the 2019 Act was passed.
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October 2025
The Times – Families are being betrayed by this failure in maternity services
2025
Health Service Journal – National maternity review branded “light touch”
2025
2022
Fieldfisher – NHS Trusts reporting babies as stillborn to avoid public inquests
2021
BBC News – Coroner says baby's death wrongly recorded as stillbirth
2020
The Independent – Coroner calls for powers to investigate stillbirths
2019
BBC News – Coroners could investigate stillbirths
2017
BBC News – Hospital trust investigated after baby dies shortly after birth
2016
Northampton Chronicle – Parents call for change in the law after being denied independent inquest
2015
The Detail – More than 60 stillbirths referred to Northern Ireland’s coroner
2010
BBC News – Calls for coroners to investigate stillbirths