Dr Bill Kirkup says he resigned from a government-commissioned review into NHS maternity services over the omission.
Dr Bill Kirkup stepped down from Baroness Valerie Amos’s review over a dispute concerning ‘normal birth ideology’ ...
One of the saddest things that has happened over my lifetime is that the once innocuous term “normal childbirth” (meaning births that don’t require medical intervention) has gone from being ...
The review of maternity services at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust is a devastating read.1 It found that, between ...
After a traumatic experience with the birth of her first child in 2023, Neveah Wilhite made a promise to herself. If she ever ...
Dr Bill Kirkup criticised Baroness Amos for not including references to the normal birth campaign in her maternity report. | ...
For many expectant mothers in Nigeria, childbirth is no longer just a medical journey, it has become a financial ordeal.
The Amos review of maternity services continues to be marred by controversy, with the government’s own national maternity ...
"No parent should have to decide what colour coffin their baby should have" ...
The expert who quit a national review into maternity failings has accused it of repeating the NHS’s failure to listen to women.
Various factors can elevate the risks involved, including maternal age, pre-existing health conditions, pregnancy complications, or lifestyle factors.
, July 3 -- Four of the five babies born to a woman at Faridpur Medical College Hospital on Thursday died within 12 hours of birth due to complications from premature delivery and extremely low birth ...