DHSC confirms maternity action plan by year end
1 Sep 21 4:47 AM · 2d ago · 1 article · 3 posts · 3 sources · development 1 of 1
A Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson says a new national maternity and neonatal action plan will be published by end of year, combining recommendations from three major inquiries and setting clear priorities for system accountability.
“It is a scandal at the moment - we've seen inquiry after inquiry. So many women are suffering injuries at birth and we're seeing the loss of babies too; it is a tragedy as well as a scandal.”
Sir Ed Davey, Liberal Democrats party leader · rss ↗
Sir Ed Davey Liberal Democrats party leaderHelen Morgan Lib Dem health spokespersonDepartment of Health and Social Care UK government health ministry
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Depending on how far through you are with the delivery by the time that pain relief kicks in it could be that the baby is delivered and then you're in a situation where you're dealing with the affects of pain relief and trying to nurse a newborn. Not saying this is always the case, but there are times when not administering pain relief is good…
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Its interesting hearing all these stories, just had a baby with a few complications so needed to be delivered premature and the experience with midwives has generally been very positive since the start, possibly in a good location/hospital. The doctors are fairly poor at communication though.
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It’s called health insurance and we’ll spend an entire lifetime getting round to the obvious because this country has the insight and intelligence of a spoiled toddler.
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We wished we were turfed out post C-section; we'd done all the checks and everything and then had to wait another six hours due to various inefficiencies.
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