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I was an NHS midwife - I felt unsupported and always waiting for a disaster to happen

Last week, the care regulator said two thirds of maternity services were 'not safe enough'. Now one former NHS midwife says that she often felt on edge and like something awful was about to happen

Rebecca Reid

Giving birth was the worst experience of my life

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NHS anxiety and depression therapy inaccessible for some autistic people

Article thumbnail: EMBARGOED TO 0001 THURSDAY NOVEMBER File photo dated 28/04/2019 of vitamin C tablets. Thousands of lives have been saved following the rollout of certain blood thinners on the NHS, its chief executive has said. The four drugs - apixaban, dabigatran, edoxaban, and rivaroxaban - are known as direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) and are recommended to treat patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice). Issue date: Thursday November 2, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story HEALTH AF. Photo credit should read: Kirsty O'Connor/PA Wire
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'I waited six days for my waters to be broken after midwives raised concerns about my baby'

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Midwife shortages causing birth delays with mothers and babies' 'lives at risk'

Article thumbnail: Britain's main opposition Labour Party Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting speaks on the final day of the annual Labour Party conference in Liverpool, northwest England, on October 11, 2023. (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP) (Photo by PAUL ELLIS/AFP via Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: Britain's main opposition Labour Party Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting speaks on the final day of the annual Labour Party conference in Liverpool, northwest England, on October 11, 2023. (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP) (Photo by PAUL ELLIS/AFP via Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: Britain's main opposition Labour Party Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting speaks on the final day of the annual Labour Party conference in Liverpool, northwest England, on October 11, 2023. (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP) (Photo by PAUL ELLIS/AFP via Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: Britain's main opposition Labour Party Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting speaks on the final day of the annual Labour Party conference in Liverpool, northwest England, on October 11, 2023. (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP) (Photo by PAUL ELLIS/AFP via Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: EMBARGOED TO 2230 FRIDAY MAY 19 File photo dated 12/05/2023 Leader of the Labour Party Sir Keir Starmer and shadow health secretary Wes Streeting, meeting scientists during a visit to the Francis Crick Institute in north London. More than 23,000 people died in A&E in England in 2022 amid record waiting times, Labour has claimed. Figures obtained by the party through freedom of information requests showed there were 4,000 more deaths in emergency departments last year than in 2021 and 5,500 more than in 2019. Issue date: Friday May 19, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story POLITICS AandE. Photo credit should read: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire
Article thumbnail: EMBARGOED TO 2230 FRIDAY MAY 19 File photo dated 12/05/2023 Leader of the Labour Party Sir Keir Starmer and shadow health secretary Wes Streeting, meeting scientists during a visit to the Francis Crick Institute in north London. More than 23,000 people died in A&E in England in 2022 amid record waiting times, Labour has claimed. Figures obtained by the party through freedom of information requests showed there were 4,000 more deaths in emergency departments last year than in 2021 and 5,500 more than in 2019. Issue date: Friday May 19, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story POLITICS AandE. Photo credit should read: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire
Article thumbnail: This week, shadow health secretary Wes Streeting argued at the Labour conference he could get the parties back round the table (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP)
Article thumbnail: This week, shadow health secretary Wes Streeting argued at the Labour conference he could get the parties back round the table (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP)