A woman was forced to keep her baby’s remains in the fridge after she suffered a late miscarriage, as NHS staff reportedly told her they had nowhere safe to store
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Medical leaders have made a renewed call for legislation to protect women from “unacceptable” harassment and intimidation outside abortion clinics. The Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (FSRH), which represents
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The healthcare regulator has issued a safety warning to an NHS trust embroiled in a scandal over baby deaths. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) told Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
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The senior midwife appointed to lead an independent inquiry into maternity services at Nottingham University Hospitals has said something is “very, very wrong” at the trust. Donna Ockenden, whose appointment
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A baby died after his mother was rushed to hospital after she had been turned away from the maternity unit earlier in the day, an inquest has heard. Rachel Higgs
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A judge has given doctors the go ahead to perform a caesarean section on a heavily pregnant woman with mental health difficulties. The woman, in her 30s and detained under
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A year-long investigation into UK maternity care has found that “systemic racism” is experienced by black, Asian and mixed ethnicity women. Charity Birthrights said the findings included evidence of a
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The UK Government has taken further legislative action in a bid to ensure the full delivery of abortion services in Northern Ireland. Abortion laws in the region were liberalised in
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Calls are growing for buffer zones to be introduced around Scotland’s abortion clinics after it emerged a landmark ruling in the US looks set to be overturned. A report by
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A young woman who almost died of cancer has become one of the first in the UK to give birth following an innovative treatment. Sammy Gray, 26, feared chemotherapy had
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