Birth trauma: Over 1,000 women share evidence from traumatic birth for inquiry

The Birth Trauma Inquiry has called for a national plan to improve maternity care, after speaking to 1,300 women and finding “shockingly poor quality” in how care services look after women giving birth.
Health Secretary Victoria Atkins has been unable to guarantee there will be no further scandals in maternity care after admitting the NHS is in a "period of transition".
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[@so-la3062]

7 years later and I’m still recovering from the trauma I endured during my NHS birth. So much love to all the women who have had similar experiences ❤

[@syedbilalnafees2002]

NHS management & 14 years of tory government devastating this nation

[@DavePocklington]

Labour under Blair started the decline. He let in the millions of immigrants, but didn't build any new hospitals to cope with the huge increase in population. The results were predictable.

[@toiletrollholder]

​@@DavePocklingtonthe decline was already in full swing. Badly trained staff. Rude management. Incompetence. Before Blair. NHS always been bad.

[@DianeAbotsLastSurvivinBrainCel]

From my experience I would NEVER go midwife led again.

[@orionnebula1136]

But whats the alternative?

[@ya-chandesu6340]

Consultant care?

[@DianeAbotsLastSurvivinBrainCel]

@@orionnebula1136 consultant. The theatre staff are the real superheroes.

[@Rubyroo.22]

My sister finally fell pregnant after 20 years of trying , she has well known issues yet she went through 9 months of pregnancy without the additional checks she should of had. My sister went into labour on her due date and went into hospital in the morning, by lunchtime she kept telling them something was wrong but they put her on a ward, by 8pm she had flatlined twice and was then put in a birthing pool , she delivered her baby who sadly was still born , the cord was around babies neck . The care after was amazing and can't be faulted but her and her husband are to broken to ever have it investigated . 😢

[@Teaselpoppy]

Stop voting Tory.

[@billmaster1157]

Lack of transparency, corruption, negligence, bottom barrel hiring, and budget caps are not heavily connected to party politics. These are features of a bloated bureaucracy that has no incentive to improve.

[@Dirpitz]

What but the NHS is amazing it's so diverse

[@deano_bites]

Mental health services in the UK is at worst breaking point ever

[@janereynolds7555]

This has been going on for decades...

[@Makkusu2021]

Disgraceful. Following the US.

[@mariacrouch7109]

THIS ENQUIRY IS LONG OVER DUE

[@MARACoach224]

Two babies, two birth traumas. I can never do it again. It truly nearly broke me in every sense.

[@anitalekawska2767]

The worse is JR,I was thinking that I will never leave this hospital alive having my daughter. Woman's in JR is treating like animals not humans and the dirt in this hospital is disgusting

[@Akhoteekha]

Florence nightingale would be turning in her grave

[@nala7658]

At what? Painful and bloody childbirth? What do these women expect? The doctors to make it into a picnic for them?

[@woowah32]

@@nala7658 Exactly this!! 👌

[@Akhoteekha]

@@nala7658if only it was only that. Half of the nhs workers need a reality check and changes need to be made. Not just my opinion but also the opinion of DECENT nhs staff.

[@Akhoteekha]

And the stats talk for themselves. Go and look up complaints and medical negligence by NHS workers. It's constant.

[@Akhoteekha]

@@nala7658half of the NHS staff need replacing with decent people who follow ethics and morals immediately. Not just my opinion but also opinions of decent NHS health care workers.

[@scratchy1704]

Too many people here crippling our nhs.There is only so many beds.

[@ellaa.k.t6998]

So we should not have the NHS any more as simple as that, pay much less tax and go private instead!! I worked my whole life, paid tax in full, only needed NHS ONCE for childbirth and they nearly killed my baby, butchered and traumatised me!! If this was America, I wouldn't pay as much tax and go private instead! I will never use the NHS again and don't see their point anymore!

[@MrConna6]

​@ellaa.k.t6998 thats pretty dtupid thing to say though. The nhs is available to everyone which is immediately better for general welfare than privatised healthcare where people are completely priced out, and their are plenty of horrific stories from the us too, they have like no oversight

[@scratchy1704]

@MrConna6 Shouldn't be for the whole world.What about people who haven't put into the system. We cannot go abroad and get free treatment. We have to show proof of insurance or pay upfront,so no it's not stupid.Your comment is though.

[@cossav2560]

Medicine with budget caps ... mmm not really patient centric now is it? Chance of change = 0

[@MariaM-mn5uc]

Why those benches are empty

[@lubabmohammad9164]

Why do I find it difficult to believe them when they say they have a plan to put this right. Also what happens to the woman who are due to give birth right now or next month… what are we doing for those women

[@htk3342]

wow

[@aliandra8476]

Disgusting

[@Shaun-eh5or]

What is a woman???

[@coldbreeze6344]

A adult female

[@m-o-l]

Adult human female

[@deirdreloughran8258]

A female adult human female born with a vagina can have babies is genuinely feminine

[@themanthemyththelegend4786]

A women has a vagina.

[@nala7658]

Someone with ovaries and a womb