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Sport
Wilson returns from maternity leave in Thorns’ NWSL opener victory
Jeff KassoufMar 13, 2026, 11:15 PM ET Close Jeff Kassouf covers women’s soccer for ESPN, focusing on the USWNT and…
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Health
Maternity inquiry chair named in government U-turn
Donna Ockenden is appointed to lead the maternity services inquiry at Leeds hospitals.
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Families welcome appointment of Donna Ockenden to Leeds maternity inquiry | Leeds
Families who lost babies at two hospitals in Leeds have said they are slowly regaining trust in the health secretary…
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Maternity services need investment in people and training, not another review | NHS
Once again, we are faced with a report detailing the failures in maternity services (Cruel comments, racism and cover-ups: key…
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Health
Under-fire Nottingham maternity services still need to improve, inspectors say
In its latest reports, published on Wednesday, the CQC said some women “expressed concerns about receiving their maternity care in…
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The Guardian view on maternity care failures: NHS England must do better by mothers and babies | Editorial
Perhaps the most dismaying thing about the interim maternity care report commissioned by the health secretary, Wes Streeting, is how…
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Health
Racism and staffing issues factors in ‘failing’ maternity care, report finds
Failures within the system have been known about, and reported on, for years. The BBC has spent more than a…
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Cruel comments, racism and cover-ups: key findings from England’s maternity care report | Childbirth
The report highlighted “unacceptable” instances occurring where staff made cruel or insensitive comments to families when they were most vulnerable,…
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What is the national maternity and neonatal investigation and why was it launched? | NHS
On Thursday, a damning interim report published after a national investigation into England’s maternity services found deep-rooted issues affecting women…
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NHS maternity units often cover up harmful errors in childbirth, report finds | NHS
Hospitals that cause harm and injury to women and babies during childbirth often resort to a “cover-up” of their mistakes,…
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