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I still think about the 'what ifs' behind my maternity care

Friday evening in a busy west London maternity hospital and I'm being wheeled briskly into theatre for my emergency caesarean. There is a sense of urgency, a situation growing more grave by the minute. Paediatricians hover and doctors [...]

Posted On : Jan, 23 2012 | Comments : 0

Delivering better maternity care

Despite countless inquiries, initiatives and ministerial pledges, going back two decades, maternity care remains one of the NHS's problem areas. Concern about it means it is rarely far from the headlines. In recent weeks there ha [...]

Posted On : Dec, 15 2011 | Comments : 0

Minister's vision of quality maternity care in Wales

Health Minister Lesley Griffiths will spell out her ideas, including that all women receive safe, high quality treament, dignity and respect. Ms Griffiths warned health boards they could not let services "drift" by failing to ma [...]

Posted On : Sep, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

Doctor's fear for maternity care

The medic claims Cardiff's University Hospital of Wales and the Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport, has a shortage of doctors and midwives. Maternity services at Newport's Royal Gwent Hospital have been in special measures for months after a rev [...]