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Families ignored by ‘scam’ review into maternity unit failings
A mother holding the hand of a new baby

FAMILIES who spent years campaigning over failings at a hospital maternity unit say they feel ignored by a review into the service, with one branding it a “scam.”

Dozens of Welsh parents spent years fighting to have Swansea Bay University Health Board launch the review of the unit at Singleton Hospital.

Rob Channon, whose son Gethin Channon suffered a catastrophic brain injury which left him quadriplegic, said: “We’re now eight months since the review was announced, and as far as we are aware, not a single record has been reviewed.

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