DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Woke NHS must put new mothers first
Daily MailThere should barely be a safer place for expectant mothers and their babies than an NHS maternity ward. Despite a string of public inquiries making recommendations to improve care and reduce risks, a damning report has found a concerning decline in women’s experience of maternity services. Despite a string of public inquiries making recommendations to improve care and reduce risks, a damning report has found a concerning decline in women’s experience of maternity services A healthy alternative Following fevered speculation, Rishi Sunak has finally admitted using private healthcare in the past. Two lessons for Rishi He was at the Carlton Club – the Tories’ spiritual home – to unveil his post-prime ministerial portrait. Not 24 hours later, Education Secretary Gillian Keegan – who left her state comprehensive at 16 – gave a passionate defence of Britain’s private schools, which Labour’s class warriors want to extinguish.
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Maternity crisis as deaths of mothers and newborn babies increase for the first time in a decade
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‘Alarming declines’ in patient safety as maternity care deteriorates – report
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Senior midwife tasked with probing horrifying NHS maternity scandals criticises 'extremely disappointing' progress in making it safe for women to give birth in Britain
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Lives of mothers and babies at risk due to maternity understaffing, midwives warn
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NHS trusts under fire for adverts for midwives committed to ‘normal birth’
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Fifth of mothers felt pressured to have natural birth, poll reveals
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Nurses drafted in to shore up understaffed maternity unit
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Ministers must invest £350m to make maternity units safe, MPs say
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Maternity report is a line in the sand — action must follow
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Maternity units told to meet target staffing levels by next April
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Maternity units need thousands more doctors and midwives to be safe
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NHS maternity safety to come under investigation after scandals involving mother and baby deaths
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‘I am an NHS midwife in the coronavirus crisis. New mothers are scared – the focus has moved to Covid-19’
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NHS trust withdraws ‘dangerous’ advice to women on how to achieve a ‘normal birth’
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New NHS guidance could mean thousands more home births
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