Two-thirds of maternity units in England are unsafe. Will the Prime Minister commit to improvements?
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- The Care Quality Commission reported that two-thirds of maternity units in England are unsafe.
Years of underinvestment and unsafe staffing levels have resulted in the NHS paying an astonishing £1.15 billion every year in compensation due to avoidable life changing injuries or deaths relating to childbirth.
The previous Conservative government allowed maternity services to deteriorate into what can only be called a full-blown public health crisis.
I've long been fighting for our maternity unit in Winchester.
Will the Prime Minister commit to improving maternity care as a top priority to ensure that maternity units like ours in Winchester and across the UK are the safest places in the world for women to give birth?