A parliamentary inquiry into birth trauma is calling for a national plan to improve maternity care as it found good care is “the exception rather than the rule”. The report, published on ...
The recent governmental review into maternity services in the UK has shone a glaring light on a distressing reality: many women and families are left with unresolved trauma after childbirth. As a ...
A new report found women giving birth in the UK are ‘treated as an inconvenience’ and risk injury and post-traumatic stress. As a result, the all-party parliamentary inquiry into birth trauma ...
As Sheryl crouched on all fours in a birthing pool in a Yorkshire hospital, she became convinced her baby boy was going to die. Between the crippling contractions that felt like a hot knife ...
Birth trauma caused by mistakes and failures was “frequently covered up by hospitals”, a landmark report has found. The first parliamentary inquiry into birth trauma heard “harrowing ...
The UK’s maternity and postnatal care has been called into question, after a new inquiry detailed the ‘harrowing’ experiences of new mothers. The inquiry into childbirth trauma, which spoke ...
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 ...
I will always carry a legacy from my traumatic birth - Gill Castle An inquiry into traumatic childbirths has called for an ...
“Birth is very safe in the UK but there are clear disparities and areas for vast improvement,” says Dr Hannah Rayment-Jones, a midwife and research fellow at King’s College London.
Assessing women's perceptions of the care they receive is crucial for evaluating the quality of maternity care. Women's perceptions are influenced by the care received during pregnancy, labour and ...