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.
Latest CQC report is a damning reflection on the state of the NHS
The latest CQC State of Care report is a damning reflection on the state of the NHS and the inability of current structures to address significant failings and systemic inequalities across the health system.
Latest MBRRACE report highlights worrying increase in maternal mortality rate
The latest MBRRACE report paints a bleak picture of worsening outcomes for all women … Read more
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.
Birthrights’ statement on unassisted birth
Birthrights is aware of a growing national interest in a potential increase in women and … Read more
Latest CQC State of Care report shows maternity system in crisis
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) State of Care report 2022/23 shows a maternity system … Read more
‘We must all play a part in the solution’ Birthrights responds to MBRRACE-UK Saving Lives, Improving Mothers’ Care report for 2022
A report published by MBRRACE-UK today (10th November) has revealed the continuous and persistent stark disparity … Read more
Home Birth Series: The reality of planning a home birth in autumn 2022
In this blog, our Advice Line Co-ordinator Lorraine Pryce, also a doula, discusses the … Read more