Britain's birth trauma scandal
The Story
The Times
3.9 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 16 May 2024
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
“Shockingly poor quality” is the verdict of a parliamentary inquiry into the UK’s maternity services. It found a system that lacked compassion and concluded, "poor care is all too frequently tolerated as normal". How did this happen? Hannah Barnes talks to Manveen about the birth that left her traumatised and her work to bring it to light.
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Guest: Hannah Barnes, Associate Editor, New Statesman.
Host: Manveen Rana.
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| 1:17.0 | I'm Manveine Rana. This is the first time I've ever spoken about this in Parliament and it's probably the most personal |
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