We’re keen to hear from women in the UK who experienced birth trauma, and about their experience of care in pregnancy and ...
The report highlighted how women from marginalised groups, particularly ethnic minorities, experienced particularly poor care ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
In January, Southwark council established its maternity commission after a national report published last year revealed that ...
The word “trauma” feels like an understatement. I was discharged from hospital a week later with no debrief, no explanation ...
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 set ...
Read why the APPG on Birth Trauma inquiry report has highlighted issues around staffing and culture in maternity services.
“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.