National Maternity and Neonatal Investigation Call for Evidence
The National Maternity and Neonatal Investigation Call for Evidence is now closed.
Baroness Amos would like to thank all women, families, fathers and non-birthing partners who shared their experience. Responses will be used to inform the Investigation’s findings and recommendations.
About the Call for Evidence
The Call for Evidence was open for 8 weeks, from 20 January until 17 March 2026.
The Call for Evidence consisted of two surveys:
- One for women and people who have been pregnant to share their own experiences of maternity and neonatal services.
- One for other people to share their experiences supporting someone through pregnancy, including fathers, non-birthing partners, family members, friends, or other support people.
The Call for Evidence survey was managed by Survey Optic and hosted by the Department of Health and Social Care. Details of how personal data submitted via the survey is handled are available in the Privacy Notice – Maternity and Neonatal Independent Investigation Privacy Notice (Call for Evidence PDF).
Alternative options
EasyRead versions of both surveys were available, and people who could not access the online surveys were able to request a printable version. The surveys were also available in braille and translated into 7 additional languages: Arabic, Bengali, Gujarati, Polish, Punjabi, Romanian, and Urdu. For people who needed support to share their experiences in other languages, the Investigation offered 1:1 interviews with an interpreter.
Evidence could be submitted by video in British Sign Language, and individual interviews with a British Sign Language interpreter were available.
Support
We understand that completing the Call for Evidence may have been emotional and difficult at times.
You can access the following organisations for additional support and guidance:
- Tommy’s – https://www.tommys.org
- Sands – https://www.sands.org.uk/support
- The Miscarriage Association – https://www.miscarriageassociation.org.uk
- Mind – https://www.mind.org.uk
- Bliss – https://www.bliss.org.uk
- The Ectopic Pregnancy Trust – https://ectopic.org.uk/
Contact us
If you have any questions about the Call for Evidence, please contact matneoinvestigation@dhsc.gov.uk.
For media enquiries please email nmni@luther.co.uk