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Midwives to vote on industrial action in bid for ‘fair and just pay award’

Midwives and maternity support workers in the NHS in England and Wales are to be balloted on industrial action over pay. The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) made the announcement after a month-long consultation saw its members overwhelmingly reject ...

22 Sept 2022 at 13:33

Midwife officially launches review into maternity care at scandal-hit NHS trust

A senior midwife has urged families and staff members of an NHS trust embroiled in a scandal over baby deaths to come forward as an independent review into maternity failings was officially launched. Donna Ockenden is set to lead the investigation ...

01 Sept 2022 at 10:56

Scotland

Full consultant-led maternity care to return to Moray in 2026

Full consultant-led maternity services will return to Dr Gray’s Hospital in Elgin in 2026, the Scottish Government has announced. Staffing shortages forced the services to be withdrawn in 2018, with ministers and the health board coming under ...

03 Mar 2023 at 16:55

Ex-SNP leadership hopeful recalls ‘extreme terror’ during post-natal depression

Former SNP leadership contender Kate Forbes has spoken of her diagnosis with post-natal depression, saying she faced “quite extreme levels of terror”. In an interview with the Press And Journal, Ms Forbes – who was Scottish finance secretary ...

20 Sept 2023 at 09:43

Regulator sounds alarm over ‘culture’ in maternity care

Midwifery leaders have sounded the alarm over poor workplace cultures in maternity services. Some midwives are not always speaking up when they see something that is not right, and not communicating well enough with colleagues or people in ...

03 Aug 2023 at 00:01

More than 1,300 care concerns raised over trust fined £800,000 for baby death

The chair of an independent review into an NHS trust’s maternity care has said that hundreds of families and staff members have raised concerns after it was fined £800,000 for care failures. Donna Ockenden said more than 900 families and ...

27 Jan 2023 at 16:24

‘Inadequate’ safety in Leicester maternity care ‘worrying but unsurprising’

The safety of some maternity services at a Leicester NHS trust being rated as inadequate by the health watchdog is “worrying but not unsurprising”, a law firm representing patients has said. Moosa-Duke Solicitors, based in the city, ...

20 Sept 2023 at 08:37

Safety of maternity care at two NHS trust hospitals rated ‘inadequate’

The safety of maternity care at two sites run by a Midlands NHS trust has been rated as “inadequate” following a “deterioration in the level of care”, the health watchdog has said. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) downgraded its ...

20 Sept 2023 at 00:01

Scotland

Mothers of premature babies take neonatal unit campaign to Holyrood

Mothers of premature babies have staged a protest outside Holyrood against plans to downgrade the neonatal intensive care unit (Nicu) at Wishaw University Hospital. Following a petition which has gathered more than 14,000 ...

10 Nov 2023 at 12:04

Epidurals cut risk of severe childbirth complications by 35%, research finds

Women who have an epidural during labour face a lower risk of severe complications during childbirth, according to a study. Making epidurals more widely available and providing more information to those who would benefit ...

22 May 2024 at 23:30

Earlier test for diabetes in pregnancy ‘beneficial for mothers and babies’

Women should be tested for gestational diabetes – a form of the condition that only develops during pregnancy – much earlier than the current standard, according to researchers. Academics have called for a “major shift” ...

20 Jun 2024 at 23:30

Northern Ireland

System-wide change needed to improve maternity care in Northern Ireland – review

System-wide change is urgently needed to radically improve maternity care in Northern Ireland, an independent review has found. The review was led by Professor Mary Renfrew and makes a series of recommendations to ...

22 Oct 2024 at 11:30

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