The BMJ

Amos review fallout: national maternity adviser demands answers over removal of “normal birth” harms

The Amos review of maternity services continues to be marred by controversy, with the government’s own national maternity ...
The Australian

How a dangerous ‘normal birth’ philosophy could put Australian babies at risk

Should pregnant Australian women be worried? Australia’s system of maternity care has a great deal in common with the British National Health Service. Could ideology be putting expectant mothers – and ...
Opinion
The BMJOpinion

To improve maternity services we must confront the damaging ideology that prizes “normal childbirth” over safe care

The review of maternity services at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust is a devastating read.1 It found that, between 2012 and 2025, 520 women and babies experienced potentially avoidable harm, ...
Health Service Journal

Patient Safety Watch: Leeds failures highlight the tragic costs of ‘normal birth’ ideology

We start this newsletter again with maternity safety. Last week, The Sunday Times published another powerful maternity exposé (subscription required), this time examining care failures at Leeds ...

Maternity report 'changed to remove criticism of normal birth'

Maternity report ‘changed to remove criticism of normal birth’ - Dr Bill Kirkup stepped down from Baroness Valerie Amos’s ...