Birthing “Outside of Guidance”
Is it “outside of guidance”, or is it a demand for personalised rights-respecting care? … Read more
Scarlett’s story: a second-time mum expecting twins who wanted a second home birth
Scarlett’s story: a second-time mum expecting twins who wanted a second home birth, Birthrights ‘Access Denied: Restrictions on Home Birth in the UK’ Report Case Study
Birthrights CEOs to step down
Shanthi Gunesekera and Janaki Mahadevan will be stepping down as Birthrights co-CEOs from July 2025. Birthrights’ trustees have now started recruitment for a new CEO/s.
Reimagining Safety in Maternity Care
After spearheading Birthright’s Home Birth campaign, our policy and campaigns manager Elif Ege reflects on how ‘safety concerns’ are too often used as an excuse to restrict or suspend maternity services…
NHS 10-Year plan: We must act now, to rebuild community care
Healthcare regulators are meant to protect the public but their toxic cultures perpetrate so many of the key problems rife in maternity care.
A Year in Review
Healthcare regulators are meant to protect the public but their toxic cultures perpetrate so many of the key problems rife in maternity care.
A system in crisis: Lord Darzi’s report on the state of the NHS
The report once again shows that our maternity care system is in crisis; and it disproportionately impacts the most marginalised women and birthing people.
Channeling our energies: Birthrights’ response to the UK’s racist riots
Last week, Birthrights channeled our energy into writing to local, regional and national politicians and policy makers to make sure they were considering the needs of pregnant women and birthing people in their resilience and emergency plans. We insisted that safe measures be put in place to enable access to hospital, community and home-based maternity care, particularly for Black, Brown and Muslim women and birthing people while ensuring the safety of staff.
We need action to ensure continued access to care
The government must act now to ensure that hospital and maternity staff are safe and that they are able to reach women and birthing people in their communities.
Part of the problem: the need for regulators to go back to basics
Healthcare regulators are meant to protect the public but their toxic cultures perpetrate so many of the key problems rife in maternity care.