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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Independent and Lauren MacDougall

Voices: ‘We decided to get private healthcare’: Readers on ‘traumatic’ NHS maternity failings

Doctor examining woman with ultrasound scanner device - (Getty)

Independent readers say it’s no surprise that England’s maternity services are in crisis – arguing that decades of underfunding, mismanagement and a culture that fails to listen to women have created the conditions for today’s tragedies.

The latest inquiry findings laid bare more than 500 cases of potentially avoidable harm at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, including stillbirths, neonatal deaths and life-altering injuries.

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