The COPE (Collaborating in Pregnancy and Early years) project aims to find out how healthcare professionals can be supported & encouraged to work together when delivering maternity and child services #maternityservices #childservices. Find out more here: ow.ly/lwSS50Y5B3w.

Valerie Amos’ interim report into maternity and neonatal services in England is as bleak as expected, with stories of distress, pain and racism.

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Sign the Petition Establish legal limits on midwives' working hours

#UK #MaternityServices are in a state of emergency. Staff #exhaustion is preventable & solvable. Limits on #midwives working hours must be established in any service-wide reform.
Please make #birth safer for staff & service users. Sign/share the #petition today.

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Can this be a good year for Maternity Services?

Neil Stewart reflects on the challenges, opportunities and prospects for real progress in maternity services.

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Although the Care Quality Commission has upgraded maternity services at the Royal Sussex County Hospital run by University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, there isn’t much to celebrate.

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We are #hiring in our Gloucestershire Maternity and Neonatal Voices team for a new Engagement and Volunteer Officer role.

Apply by 2nd January 2026: https://ow.ly/6uUj50X65ss

Join our team and make a positive difference. #GloucestershireJobs #CommunityEngagement #MaternityServices #JoinOurTeam

Baroness Valerie Amos' interim report into NHS maternity and neonatal services makes for difficult reading, but health boards across the country are already starting to make changes.

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I am sure there are issues in many units but maybe this is due to overworked staff, ran of their feet because there aren’t enough midwives and doctors. Fix that and things will improve. Vote for a party that will fix the NHS, not destroy it. #BBCNews #maternityservices

Our Gloucestershire Maternity and Neonatal Voices team are hiring for our Engagement and Volunteer Officer role.

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SNP focuses on grievance politics over patient safety Healthcare Improvement Scotland has published the third negative report into healthcare services in Scotland in a month.

Healthcare Improvement Scotland has published the third negative report into healthcare services in Scotland in a month.

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#healthcare #publichealth #NHS #government #Scotland #maternityservices #patientsafety

Coroner advice to avoid future maternity deaths ‘not acted on’ by trusts Advice issued by coroners to prevent pregnant women and new mothers dying is not being acted upon by many trusts, researchers have warned.

Only 38% of trusts and other organisations sent a coroner’s prevention of future deaths report published responses, a study has found #maternityservices #maternityscandal www.doctors.net.uk/news/coroner-advice-to-avoid-future-maternity-deaths-not-acted-on-by-trusts

This month's issue of the British Journal of Midwifery is available! This month’s edition presents a wide range of clinical and educational insights to support midwifery practice.

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Independent inquiry announced into maternity failings at Leeds NHS The health and social care secretary has called for an investigation after “repeated failures” at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

Wes Streeting has announced an independent inquiry into “repeated failures” of maternity services at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

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Dr Cassandra Yuill | City St George's, University of London Dr Cassandra Yuill, Research Fellow, is an academic at the School of Health and Psychological Sciences of City, University of London.

Dr Cassandra Yuill is a research fellow specialising in maternal health and maternity services in the United Kingdom. ow.ly/teHu50WPvfT #MaternalHealth #MaternityServices

14 NHS trusts the focus of national maternity investigation Government announces 14 hospital trusts to be looked at in a national investigation.

It is essential that we continue to engage with affected families to ensure we effectively progress.

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files.constantcontact.com/9bc520cb001/... this from @helencheyne.bsky.social We need to work together to get #maternityservices right for everyone. @rcm.org.uk RCoG @midwiferyforum.bsky.social

Demands For Independent Review Of Midlands Maternity Services The group is calling for safe services.

The group is calling for fully resourced care for mothers and babies in the region.
#midlands103news #portiunculahospital #protest #rally #maternityservices

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Public Rally To Save Midlands Maternity Services The protest is taking place tomorrow.

Their aim is to reinstate access to full services.
#midlands103news #portiuncula #maternityservices #protest #rally

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Maternity services in Swansea slammed An independent report which condemns maternity services at Swansea Bay University Health Board has been accepted by the board and led to a nationwide review.

An independent report which condemns maternity services at Swansea Bay University Health Board has been accepted by the board and led to a nationwide review.

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Leeds hospitals damned in report NHS England’s Maternity Safety Support Programme (MSSP) team’s report into maternity services at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust does not make easy reading.

A review of maternity services at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has issued more than 100 recommendations for improvement.

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Leeds Maternity Services Under Scrutiny for Serious Safety Concerns A recent report from NHS England raised significant concerns about the safety and quality of maternity services at Leeds Teaching Hospitals (LTH) NHS Trust. The investigation identified key issues…

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Better maternity care needed NHS Providers has called for maternity services to be sufficiently resourced to enable Trusts to implement long-term improvements and to reduce inequalities.

NHS Providers has called for maternity services to be sufficiently resourced to enable Trusts to implement long-term improvements and to reduce inequalities.

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Oxford’s John Radcliffe Hospital maternity unit under fire There are calls for an independent inquiry into maternity services at the hospital run by Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust after 350 people raise concerns.

A families group is calling for an independent inquiry to be conducted at Oxford’s John Radcliffe Hospital after more than 350 people have come together to raise concerns over their treatment.

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The Birth Trauma Association BTA is the only charity in the UK solely dedicated to supporting women and families who have experienced traumatic birth. We work to support parents and families, improve parents’ experience of birth,...

@birthtrauma.bsky.social I'm so happy to see the Birth Trauma Association on BlueSky. The first-ever Birth Trauma Report in the UK last year was compelling (sadly)

Reproduction, feminism, women's bodies, public health, #pregnancyloss #birthtrauma #maternityservices

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in an environment designed to promote such, would she still have had needed assisted birth? We can’t say. But we do know chances of needing 1 would have been lower. And I do know the trauma she’s now internalising for how she was treated wouldn’t be present.
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Northern Ireland context: • Northern Ireland has the highest proportion of the population living in poverty in the UK. • Socioeconomic deprivation in NI is a significant factor in the health and wellbeing of the population. • Household incomes and productivity levels are lower than the UK average (-17.9% and -14.1% respectively) and NI's gross disposable household income in 2021 was £17,340; lower than Wales (£18,038), Scotland (£19,630) and England (£22,213). • The largest proportion of births is to women living in the most deprived quintiles, ranging from 21.3% of all births in Q1 (most deprived) to 17% in Q5 (least deprived). • Most women giving birth in NI are recorded as White; approximately 95% in 2021/22. In 2021, there was an increase in babies born to mothers bom outside of the UK or Ireland and approximately 10% of births in 2013 were to mothers born outside of the UK or Ireland in comparison to less than 4% in 2002 DoH

Context continued: • Smoking at booking is less likely in first time mothers, women from ethnic minorities, and women living in the least deprived quintile: 4.4% in the least deprived compared with 23.2% in the most deprived. • The proportion of pregnant women who presented at booking with a normal BMI (18.50-24.99 kg/m2) declined from 48% (n=11,526) in 2013 to 39.6% (n=8066) in 2022 across all HSC Trusts in NI, representing a steady annual decrease. • More than 38% of woman now have their labour induced. more than 40% have a caesarean birth. While similar to other UK countries and the Republic of Ireland, these rates are out of step with similar countries internationally. DoH www.heaRh-ni.gov.uk

EUROPEAN MIDWIVES ASSOCIATION There is a gender trifecta, which is why midwifery is so profoundly underpaid. The people who are providing the care and the people who are receiving the care are so deeply affected by gender. Juana Berinstein/ POLICY ADVOCACY. COMUNICATIONS, NEGOTIATIONS, AND STRATEGY ROOTE IN SYSTEMS CHANGE

Issues affecting #midwifery & #maternityservices in Northern Ireland highlight key aspects of the gender trifecta seen across #Europe. #Deprivation & #disparity aren’t modifiable factors. Hopefully Mary Renfrew’s report will help #midwives to provide services #women, #families & #communities deserve