NUH was given a list of actions it must now take to address the failures found by the review team.
At a meeting on Thursday, the NUH board accepted the findings of the report and committed to improving.
Speaking to the , May pledged to remain in post for the next two years in order to oversee changes.
May earlier called the review’s publication a “watershed moment”.
Speaking to Breakfast on Thursday, he said: “Anyone who’s in the room yesterday, as I was, would have been shocked and upset and although Donna has kept us up to date with her findings as she has gone along, it was still shocking and upsetting.
“I was also greatly affected, as I have been over the past four years, by the courage of the families who have told their experiences time and time again, because they want us to learn and do better and I came away with a renewed commitment to continue to improve.”
