Protecting human rights in childbirth
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Too often there is a lack of understanding of how the law applies to maternity care among the healthcare professionals that deliver maternity care, the managers and commissioners of services or even the regulators.
The report once again shows that our maternity care system is in crisis; and it disproportionately impacts the most marginalised women and birthing people.
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.
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.
Healthcare regulators are meant to protect the public but their toxic cultures perpetrate so many of the key problems rife in maternity care.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) State of Care report 2022/23 shows a maternity system … Read more