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How messages between two dads helped expose the largest NHS maternity scandal

BBC News · Jun 27, 2026, 12:03 AM · Also reported by 3 other sources

Key takeaways

  • Left to right: Gary and Sarah Andrews contacted Sarah and Jack Hawkins after reading about their campaign
  • A Whats App message from one grieving father to another, and one question: "Do you want to speak?"
  • Little did he know, but Gary Andrews's decision to contact Dr Jack Hawkins would prove pivotal, playing a crucial part in prompting the largest maternity scandal of its kind in NHS history.

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Left to right: Gary and Sarah Andrews contacted Sarah and Jack Hawkins after reading about their campaign

A Whats App message from one grieving father to another, and one question: "Do you want to speak?"

Little did he know, but Gary Andrews's decision to contact Dr Jack Hawkins would prove pivotal, playing a crucial part in prompting the largest maternity scandal of its kind in NHS history.

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