NSW health minister apologises to women failed by maternity care after birth trauma inquiry

The NSW government has acknowledged the courage of thousands of women who shared ‘deeply personal and difficult experiences’ at the state’s inquiry into birth trauma. Photograph: Jennifer Polixenni Brankin/Getty Images

The New South Wales health minister, Ryan Park, has apologised to women who were failed by the maternity care they received, as the government supported all 43 recommendations from a state inquiry into birth trauma.

Thousands of women shared harrowing details with the inquiry, which was established in 2023 to understand experiences of childbirth that lead to physical or psychological harm.