Maternity

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The real-life mum and medic behind ITV drama Maternal

Drama Maternal paints an honest picture of motherhood and working in medicine following three doctors on their return to work after maternity leave.

20 Jan

Hospital maternity staff help welcome Christmas Day babies

Three babies were born on Christmas Day at St Mary's Hospital in Newport on the Isle of Wight.

27 Dec 2022

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Lecturer affected by maternity scandal calls for new law and investigation

Dr Kelli Rudolph lost her daughter in 2016, five days after she was born at the William Harvey Hospital in Ashford, Kent.

19 Oct 2022

'Why has it taken so many babies?' - Families react to damning maternity report

Mum who lost her baby calls for soundproofed hospital bereavement rooms

Two mums come up with idea to reduce risk of death in childbirth for Black women

Mum and newborn almost die despite £15 test that could have saved them

Families affected by Nottingham maternity failures relieved as review begins

Call handler helps 'panicking' dad deliver baby as wife goes into labour at home

Mum's trauma after receiving pregnancy appointment after birth of stillborn son

Woman 'kept baby’s remains in fridge' after hospital had nowhere to store them

'I was bleeding profusely but sent home': Report finds maternity care racism

Midwife-led birth centres to close for months amid staff shortages

Coroner to consider 'neglect' in death of tiny two-day-old baby

Coroner finds hospital's 'gross failure' led to death of two-day-old baby