The Story

Britain's birth trauma scandal

“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. This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today: <a href="http://thetimes.co.uk/thestory" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://thetimes.co.uk/thestory</a> Guest: Hannah Barnes, Associate Editor, New Statesman. Host: Manveen Rana.  Get in touch: thestory@thetimes.co.uk Clips: Parliament, Channel 4, Sky News.  <a href="https://www.theo-clarke.org.uk/sites/www.theo-clarke.org.uk/files/2024-05/Birth%20Trauma%20Inquiry%20Report%20for%20Publication_May13_2024_0.pdf " rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Birth trauma inquiry report </a>Support and help: <a href="https://www.birthtraumaassociation.org/ " rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Birth Trauma Association</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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