Maternity services at a hospital in Sheffield have been downgraded from “outstanding” to “inadequate” after the regulator found they did not provide “the standard of care women should be able
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A legal challenge against the Secretary of State and Stormont over the failure to commission and fund abortion services in Northern Ireland will start later. The Northern Ireland Human Rights
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An NHS trust has pleaded guilty to failing to provide safe care and treatment following the death of a baby boy. Representatives for East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
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A legislative bid to amend Northern Ireland’s recently liberalised abortion laws is to be launched at Stormont. The private member’s bill is seeking to repeal a specific provision within the
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A review into baby deaths at a scandal-hit NHS trust said maternity staff had caused distress to patients by using “inappropriate language” and blaming grieving mothers for their loss. The
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The parents of baby Elizabeth Dixon who have spent nearly 20 years fighting a “cover-up” over their daughter’s treatment and death have welcomed an independent inquiry’s calls for a police
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A leading abortion provider has changed its name to distance itself from Marie Stopes, deeming her views on eugenics in “stark contrast” to the charity’s values. Marie Stopes International will
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Support for expectant and new mothers needs an “urgent review”, a leading children’s charity has said. NSPCC said that the Covid-19 pandemic has pushed the support network for pregnant mothers
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Additional “problems, mistakes and tragedies” may have occurred in the healthcare system, the authors of a damning review into the care of tens of thousands of people have said. The
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An emergency relaxation of abortion rules to allow women to take pills at home during the coronavirus pandemic could be made permanent, according to the Government. Home Office minister Victoria
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