Maternity care scandal: What is the true scale of failures?
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A major report into maternity care has found repeated failures in NHS services that have left families suffering, highlighting incidences of systemic racism and unsafe maternity care. The final report and recommendations of the Independent National Maternity and Neonatal Investigation, led by Baroness Valerie Amos, was published today. The investigation spoke to 450 families and 12 NHS trusts about the "mistakes and inequalities" in maternity and neonatal care, and concluded a need for "urgent reform". It raised grave concerns around those giving birth "not being listened to, heard or believed", with "serious consequences for the safety and quality of care they receive". After reading the report's conclusion that families have suffered from repeated failures in NHS care, the government has agreed to appoint a national maternity commissioner to drive change. Daily Mirror Columnist Kevin Maguire and former Conservative Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng join Kate Garraway and Ed Balls to dis
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