Nearly 2,500 mothers are forced to give birth alone
Nearly 2,500 women have given birth alone since the start of October as hospitals flout Government guidance, a shocking new report has shown. The Mail on Sunday is campaigning for all hospitals to allow partners to be present and end the trauma of women attending scans and labour alone. NHS England has said all but one hospital trust allow partners to attend active births, which refers to the final stage of labour. However, today's study of more than 4,100 births over October and November in England and Wales has shown this is not happening on the ground. Of the roughly half of hospital b...
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