About this episode
This episode discusses the challenges facing NHS maternity care, including Baroness Amos' interim report and the future of home birth services.
NHS maternity care continues to be under the spotlight, so on this week’s episode we unpick the web of different national reviews and how trusts could be asked to improve services. We cover Baroness Amos’ interim report from the government’s ‘rapid’ review, which has turned out to be less rapid than hoped, and some shocking findings highlighted by newly published national maternity data. Also, why home birth services could become a thing of the past in the NHS.
Topics covered
- NHS maternity care
- national reviews
- Baroness Amos
- home birth services
Keywords
- maternity data
- trusts
- improve services
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