by Catherine Gregson | May 16, 2025 3:20PM | Campaigns – Maternal Health
Jennie Nash wanted to have a home birth. She had set up a birthing pool and made all the preparations. Sadly, she didn’t get the experience she had wanted. “Unfortunately, they were understaffed, and we couldn’t get a midwife to actually come. It was devastating to...
by Catherine Gregson | May 16, 2025 1:14PM | Campaigns – Maternal Health, Uncategorized
As maternal deaths remain at a 20-year-high and midwives feel increasingly disillusioned, women training as doulas is on the rise. Victoria Gordon ,a former nurse, trained to become doula two years ago, after receiving different levels of care when she gave birth to...
by Catherine Gregson | May 16, 2025 12:31PM | Campaigns – Maternal Health, Uncategorized
Women are being stopped from having a home birth due to a ‘widespread lack of adequate planning and training’ according to a leading pregnancy and birthing charity. Birthrights, who are campaigning to change government and NHS policy on access to home...
by Joao Santos | Mar 20, 2023 4:10PM | Long Reads
An ageing population and a declining birth rate have led to mounting pressure on support services to help our older generations. Experts have voiced their concern over a lack of investment into the prevention of health issues associated with age, including dementia...
