Donna Ockenden

She was commissioned in 2016 by the then UK Secretary for Health and Social Care, Jeremy Hunt, to chair an independent review into maternity services at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust.

In February 2021, Ockenden was named as a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufacture and Commerce.

[3] The fellowship is awarded by the Royal Society of Arts (RSA), and is limited to individuals determined to have made outstanding achievements to social progress and development.

[4] In July 2023, she was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters from the University of West London for her achievements and expertise in UK maternity services.

In January 2016 she and her daughters founded The Four Streets Project, a charity to support Chichester's homeless population.