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Life after Stillbirth at 40: 13 Years On. Alice’s Mum. Striving for Excellence in Maternity Care for Older Mothers & Prevention of Avoidable Stillbirth.

[Varrie @VCM_2007]

@catherineroyuk @MartynPitman This is so sloppy but I am not surprised by it because of my own experiences of dealing with NHS Lothian Trust following the stillbirth / death of my first child in 2013

[Catherine Roy @catherineroyuk]

Maternity: An Ongoing British Scandal
Another review in.
https://t.co/gIKqsQLyFX

[Varrie @VCM_2007]

@Sajhawkins1 @Keir_Starmer The same is true for me 🤗

[Varrie @VCM_2007]

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[Sir Jeremy Hunt MP @Jeremy_Hunt]

Why we must stop the dangerous culture of 'normal births' which is leading to babies dying unnecessarily - my article in today's Sunday Times https://t.co/z8D5eQMSLw

[Varrie @VCM_2007]

@ShaunLintern It’s exactly the same in Scotland. BM in midwifery at Napier in Edinburgh same old same old course content as 10 yrs ago “The evidence for normal labour & birth” https://t.co/sqsX6rmUwH

[Varrie @VCM_2007]

@JamesTitcombe Maternity is THE most high risk discipline in the NHS and yet safety sits at the very bottom of the midwife’s priority list which has achieving a so-called natural birth as the pinnacle

[Varrie @VCM_2007]

@Alec_Zeck I am not even going to waste my breath responding to this post

[Varrie @VCM_2007]

@ChildOfAlba @BBCScotlandNews Oh I am pretty sure it is and for sure the documentary could have been done better - only 3 families covered - there are 1000s of bereaved parents in Scotland. The Scotland v England debate detracts from the very real issue of substandard maternity care & natural birth ideaology

[Varrie @VCM_2007]

@ammacj @BBCScotlandNews Apologies. I think the graphs you showed could be misleading. They show an average across risk groups & demographics not taken into account. I expect SB rates are the same for e.g. older White British first time mothers. And smaller population may = less pressure on resources

[Varrie @VCM_2007]

@msm_monitor What you have said is just not true. Midwifery training is the same across the U.K. the issues with maternity services highlighted in the programme mirror exactly those uncovered by independent investigation in England. This is the tip of the iceberg.

[Varrie @VCM_2007]

@ChildOfAlba @BBCScotlandNews Come on. I’m Scottish too. But let’s not make this scandal a political issue.

[Varrie @VCM_2007]

@ammacj @BBCScotlandNews And is this still good enough? Is what keeps happening ie. children dying needlessly because of substandard maternity care, okay? Scotland has a fraction of the population of England and should be doing even better than this.

[Varrie @VCM_2007]

@catherineroyuk @BBCLisaSummers I know. I just watched this programme. This one sentence had nothing to do with any of the issues raised. It was plucked out of the air.

[BBC News (UK) @BBCNews]

'My wife died in childbirth but wasn't told she'd been given labour drug overdose' https://t.co/UjvKnNuqKZ

[Fraser Morton @frasermorton07]

Almost 10 years since Lucas died and we're no further forward 👇🏼

BBC One - Disclosure, How Safe Is My Baby? https://t.co/v8inhGRUXr

[BBC Oxfordshire @BBCOxford]

Mum of stillborn baby calls for 'justice' https://t.co/xoycXeWivk

[AJOG @AJOG_thegray]

AJOG Expert Review: Placenta at single-cell resolution in early and late preeclampsia: insights and clinical implications - Proposed classification of Preeclampsia Types I and II https://t.co/H0qlGJih6V

[Varrie @VCM_2007]

@EmilyJBarley Beatrice is a beautiful little girl. Utterly devastating for you.

[Aubrey’s Dad @DadOfAubrey]

In maternity care, safety can depend on your postcode.
Protocols vary trust by trust, not because the evidence is different, but because the paperwork is.
That’s not choice. That’s risk.

#MaternitySafety #PatientSafety #NHS #maternityinquiry