UK birth-trauma inquiry delivered gritty truths, but change will be hard
The birth trauma scandal is not about one bad apple, one bad culture or one bad area – it’s about the mess of austerity
Zoe Williams
Women in the UK: share your experience of maternity care, birth trauma, and postnatal care
Minister apologises to women affected by birth trauma after UK inquiry
April 2024
Nurses in England took an average of one week off sick for stress last year, data shows
Chronic workforce shortages have put nursing staff under unbearable pressure, says union chief
March 2024
The pressure on UK maternity wards is unsustainable
‘My child was drowning’: life and death on an English maternity ward
February 2024
Republic of Parenthood
Call the midwife! No matter how bad you’ve heard care can be, ‘freebirthing’ is not the answer
Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
I lost my baby – and apologised to the midwife for taking up her time. Here’s why
December 2023
The rural network
Pain, trauma and ‘moral injury’: the push to improve birthing care in NSW hospitals
A public hearing of the NSW birth trauma inquiry in Wagga Wagga this week heard calls to overhaul pregnancy and maternal healthcare services
November 2023
NHS ‘unethical’ in recruiting nurses from short-staffed countries
Hiring from ‘red-list’ nations risks destabilising healthcare overseas, warns Royal College of Nursing
Euro visions
A home help for eight days after giving birth? Why Dutch maternity care is the envy of the world
Everyone who gives birth in the Netherlands has the legal right to a kraamzorg to help with everything from breastfeeding to laundry. How do these new mums find it?
Midwives are still the exception in the US. New startups are trying to change that
Companies with user-friendly apps are getting good results – but is the need to scale compatible with a ‘sacred’ approach to maternity care?
October 2023
Replica 1960s Black Country infants’ centre celebrates Windrush and NHS
Museum’s re-creation of Wolverhampton institution marks 75 years of national health service and Windrush generation
