review, which was carried out by the royal college of obstetricians, gynaecologists as well as the royal couege gynaecologists as well as the royal college of midwivesate concern which included amongst them, fragmented consultant coverfor amongst them, fragmented consultant cover for the labour wards, unacceptable cover for the labour wards, u na cce pta ble co nsulta nt cover for the labour wards, unacceptable consultant availability during out—of—hours, and midwifery staffing levels that would not comply with previous standards. staffing levels and managerial leadership with the key outcomes of this review, they were not up to scratch in the two maternity services here in merthyr tydfil and the royal glamorgan hospital and there have been concerns raised about the maternity services in this health board, an investigation by the welsh audit office in 2011 said there were issues regarding staffing issues back then and just recently, after yea rs of issues back then and just recently, after years of delay, there have now been changes to the maternity services here, this is not the only hospital and the only services in the health board that now has a

the royal college of obstetricians and gynaecology, and the royal college of midwives — who carried outd stories which were "distressing, difficult and sometimes shocking to listen to". the cwm taf health board says planned changes have already eased pressures. jessica western's daughter macie died from rain damage after 19 days. her case is one of the 43 being looked at. we weren't listened to, and it felt like it didn't matter who you addressed your issue to, nobody really had time. i do agree that it was overstretched, and we saw that ourselves on the ward. but, at the same time, our baby was critically ill, and we had no answers then and we still have no answers now. just simple things as well, like my placenta should have been sent away for histology, which might have brought us some answers, but it was thrown. and when we asked why, all we got was, "we don't know why." 0ur reporter tomos morgan is in merthyr tydfil in south wales for us now. bring us up to date with what you have been hearing. as you mentioned, this independent review has found that the maternity services at cwm t