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 Phoebe Snedker | May 15, 2025 3:00PM | Campaigns – Maternal Health, News
The moment Beth was told her unborn baby had died will be permanently etched in her memory forever. “We can’t find a heartbeat,” the doctor said. “There is no template for this grief”, the 35-year old says. “You just sit with the pain. I...
by Phoebe Snedker | May 14, 2025 1:45PM | Campaigns - Maternal TOP STORY
Maternal death rates in the UK are at a 20 year high, as maternity care plummets further into crisis. Despite this, the Department of Health has proposed a staggering £93m in cuts to service development funding for maternity care. Following the Ockenden review, which...
