A recent landmark parliamentary report led by Theodora Clarke and Rosie Duffield has concluded that the state of maternity services in the UK is alarmingly poor, with good care being 'the exception rather than the rule'. The Birth Trauma Inquiry, which gathered evidence from various stakeholders including testimony from 1,300 women, has highlighted that many new mothers suffer from lifelong injuries and trauma due to 'shockingly poor quality' care. Health Minister Maria Caulfield has issued an apology following the report's findings, which describe the poor care as 'frequently tolerated as normal'. The report calls for urgent reforms and a national plan to overhaul the maternity services.
'You are treating your patients as chunks of meat with a birth canal...letting them lie in their own faeces.' @TomSwarbrick1 reflects on the 'appalling' findings of a birth trauma report, which revealed poor maternity care was 'all-too-frequently tolerated as normal'. https://t.co/F8RFRK3DOO
'We were surprised about how rife these problems are throughout the country.' Labour MP, Rosie Duffield, discusses a parliamentary inquiry into birth trauma which has found there was "shockingly poor quality" in maternity services. https://t.co/Zgfu8bwiBt
Health minister @MariaCaulfield has apologised after a new report concluded that poor care in maternity services is "frequently tolerated as normal". Read more 🔗 https://t.co/VPimen7YyV https://t.co/479bkADkZz
Opinion I I welcome the news that the Birth Trauma Inquiry is calling for a national plan to improve maternity care after it heard harrowing evidence from 1,300 women 🖋️ @LaurenMedlicott 🔗 https://t.co/qpOsnEfBlT https://t.co/5vjK3NTTK5
Today's landmark report on birth trauma makes for sobering reading. Pregnant women and mothers are being utterly failed by maternity services where good care is "the exception rather than the rule". Massive thank you to @RosieDuffield1 and @theodoraclarke for leading on this… https://t.co/POPQrp5VZD
A new parliamentary report reveals that thousands of women across the country suffer through traumatic births. 🖊️ @hannahsbee https://t.co/AtVny3qi2S
Health minister apologises as birth trauma report finds 'shockingly poor quality' maternity care https://t.co/HxmKptDgei
Thanks to #BirthTraumaInquiry for shining a light on the state of maternity care and the trauma facing too many mothers across the UK. The findings are shocking and the recommendations invaluable. We must work with all MPs to deliver the change we need. https://t.co/jk6EkEQs3r
Important report out today from the parliamentary Birth Trauma Inquiry, led by @RosieDuffield1 & @theodoraclarke. I wrote this last year on the terrible fact that maternity services are the most unsafe part of the NHS. https://t.co/kfiFzRIxaE
🔴 New mothers are suffering “shockingly poor quality” care in Britain’s maternity services according to a landmark report into birth trauma https://t.co/CHJS0axDGh
BREAKING: A health minister has apologised after a new report concluded that poor care in maternity services is "frequently tolerated as normal" 🔗 Read more https://t.co/7XRMaHMU05
A health minister has apologised after a new report concluded that poor care in maternity services is "frequently tolerated as normal" https://t.co/HxmKptDgei
1/2 Honoured to have given evidence to the 1st parliamentary Birth Trauma Inquiry. Thanks to the APPG, @theodoraclarke @RosieDuffield1 @BirthTrauma for all of their hard work towards this. I look forward to the Government implementing the report's recommendations ASAP.
Today @theodoraclarke & @RosieDuffield1’s landmark review finds good maternity care “is the exception rather than the rule”. New mums are suffering lifelong injuries & trauma; services need an overhaul. I shared my own experience last month: https://t.co/SfTjW3jH4i
Excl: First parliamentary report into birth trauma from @theodoraclarke finds pregnant women and new mothers being failed by maternity services where good care is “the exception rather than the rule”. https://t.co/LhP52bRMS0 A short thread… 🧵