Kate Lawler took to Instagram on Wednesday, one week on from the birth of her daughter, Noa. The former Big Brother star, 40, shared a slew of photos of her newborn baby and said she has taken so many snaps she has had to buy more iCloud storage. Kate took the moment to thank her … Read more
Mother, 33, gives inquest harrowing account of how midwives ‘pushed on her stomach’ to deliver breached baby minutes before his still birth at North Devon District Hospital that is linked to at least 20 maternity deaths Charlotte Barnett told an inquest midwives were told to ‘push on her stomach’ She was ‘absolutely inconsolable’ when a nurse told … Read more
The scariest Halloween decorations you’ll ever see! Midwives illustrate cervix dilation measurements with PUMPKIN carvings that leave women feeling weak Midwives at Royal Oldham Hospital carved pumpkins ahead of Halloween Giving each pumpkin a face, they demonstrated cervix dilation during labour Women took to Facebook admitting their amazed by their ability of their bodies Others said … Read more
A newborn girl has died after overworked midwives in an understaffed maternity ward failed to spot her mother’s high blood pressure. Wynter Sophia Andrews died at Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham, on September 15 last year, an inquest has heard. Her mother Sarah Andrews, a Nottingham City Council worker, says she felt ‘humiliated, worthless and forgotten’ … Read more
Carrie Symonds has praised the midwives who delivered baby Wilfred – after a Hermes driver was spotted delivering two boxes of organic nappies and baby products to 10 Downing Street this morning. She retweeted a video from UCLH, the hospital in London where she gave birth last week, thanking its midwives on International Day of … Read more
The Queen has praised the ‘dedication to service’ of nurses, midwives and other health workers during the coronavirus pandemic in a message for World Health Day. The monarch, who is currently residing at Windsor Castle with her husband Prince Philip, also thanked healthcare professionals for their ‘selfless commitment’. She also praised their ‘diligence’ in ‘vitally … Read more
More than 7,500 former nurses and midwives have answered the NHS’s rallying cry and returned to work to help battle the coronavirus pandemic. The huge response comes just seven days after the nursing regulator posted letters to thousands of nurses who had either retired or changed roles within the last three years. More than 6,000 pharmacists … Read more
Midwives are to be told to stop refusing epidurals to women in labour after a government probe found that many are being denied pain relief despite asking for it. Epidurals should be given to women if they want them, guidelines from the NHS watchdog says, usually within an hour. But the inquiry by the Department … Read more