Poppy Koronka
Health reporter at The Times who conducts interviews with affected families and reports on the maternity care investigation for the episode.
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Feb 23, 2026 • 43min
Broken trust: Inside England's maternity scandal
Poppy Koronka, health correspondent at The Times who has reported on NHS maternity scandals, guides listeners through investigations into systemic failings across multiple trusts. She outlines major reviews, personal stories of families harmed, patterns like the push for 'normal birth' and how families mobilised for answers. Short, urgent and deeply human.
Feb 26, 2026 • 32min
Inside England’s maternity scandal, part two
Poppy Koronka, a Times health reporter who interviews affected families, and Eleanor Hayward, Times health editor with deep NHS maternity experience. They discuss widespread failures across 12 trusts. They cover racism in care, staffing and postnatal neglect, culture and leadership problems, families’ anger at interim findings, calls for national guidance and whether a statutory inquiry is needed.
