For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails According to The Times, the report found “poor care is all frequently tolerated as normal ...
The findings of the first UK inquiry into birth trauma have been presented to the Health Secretary this week. The report sets out how maternity and postnatal care can be improved for women and ...
New mothers risk suffering lifelong injuries as hospitals cover up endemic failures in Britain’s maternity system, according to a landmark inquiry which found good care for pregnant women “is ...
This week brings a very welcome focus on birth trauma, with the publication of the Birth Trauma Inquiry Report on Monday 13 May. The report draws together the personal birth stories of 1,311 women and ...
When Rachel Coles gave birth in September 2021, she was in labour for an agonising 54 hours. She ended up losing three litres of blood after delivering as she underwent a haemorrhage that had, she ...
Inquiry hears ‘harrowing’ testimonies and finds postcode lottery for quality of maternity care in England A health minister has apologised to women affected by birth trauma after a ...
An inquiry into traumatic childbirths has called for an overhaul of the UK's maternity and postnatal care after finding poor care is "all-too-frequently tolerated as normal". The Birth Trauma ...
A parliamentary inquiry into birth trauma is calling for a national plan to improve maternity care. The all-party inquiry, led by Conservative MP Theo Clarke and Labour MP Rosie Duffield, is due to ...
A recent inquiry in the UK found that good maternity care in Britain was “the exception rather than the rule”. Women in Ireland are now calling for an inquiry into birth trauma to reflect the ...