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HISTORICAL FACTS: Valerie amos - Caught on Camera

Routine PTSD screening for new mothers could save NHS £26 million a year

Around one in 20 women suffer from clinical levels of post-traumatic stress disorder after giving birth, says new study

The Independent UK · Sep 10

Yvette Cooper: ‘Women should not feel pressured to have an ideal birth’

National maternity standards are set to be reintroduced under plans to improve maternity care

The Independent UK · Aug 5

Women must not be put under pressure to have ‘ideal birth’, says Yvette Cooper

Exclusive: New health secretary promises root-and-branch reform after damning maternity scandals

The Guardian - UK · Aug 5

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‘We can’t wait six months for overhaul of UK maternity services,’ warns senior midwife

The government is due to publish a comprehensive National Action Plan in December to overhaul maternity services

The Independent UK · Jul 15

Streeting calls for NHS bosses to face MPs over Nottingham maternity scandal

The former health secretary said he was ’appalled’ at the ’refusal of senior NHS leaders to cooperate’ with the review

The Independent UK · Jul 4

Force NHS bosses to face MPs over maternity scandal, Streeting urges

Mr Streeting said he was ‘appalled’ at the ‘refusal of senior NHS leaders to cooperate’ with the review.

Evening Standard · Jul 4

Author of England maternity care review ‘listened to wrong voices’, says adviser

Dr Bill Kirkup says section of Valerie Amos’s report criticising ‘normal birth ideology’ was removed before publication

The Guardian - UK · Jul 1

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Damning maternity report ‘removed criticism of push for normal births’

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The Independent UK · Jul 1

Maternity report ‘changed to remove criticism of normal birth’

Dr Bill Kirkup stepped down from Baroness Valerie Amos’s review over a dispute concerning ‘normal birth ideology’

The Independent UK · Jul 1

How has maternity and neonatal care in England failed?

Amos review confirms patients received unacceptable care that led to stillbirths, serious injuries and maternal deaths

The Guardian - UK · Jun 30

Maternity investigator Ockenden says Amos review ‘hasn’t taught me anything new’

The senior midwife was also asked if she would take on the role of national maternity commissioner.

Evening Standard · Jun 30

Bereaved mother says England maternity commissioner role would be ‘fundamentally dangerous’

Emily Barley, founder of Maternity Safety Alliance, says recommendation in Amos report will not solve wider cultural problems

The Guardian - UK · Jun 30

Families affected by maternity failings criticise new NHS review

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The Independent UK · Jun 30

Damning report on England maternity care ‘watershed moment’, health secretary says

Announcing creation of a maternity commissioner, James Murray says Amos report highlights ‘toxic’ culture in some NHS units

The Guardian - UK · Jun 29

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Evening Standard · Jun 29

Maternity review: New national commissioner ‘will tackle NHS failures’

The Government will appoint the new commissioner to drive change after a report concluded families have suffered from repeated failures in NHS care.

The Independent UK · Jun 29

Bereaved families demand public inquiry after criticism of maternity failings report

The families deem the report insufficiently independent

The Independent UK · Jun 29

Government to appoint maternity commissioner after NHS report finds ‘repeated failures’

Lady Amos said the new maternity commissioner must be accountable to Parliament and have a ‘relentless focus on improving maternity and neonatal care’

The Independent UK · Feb 26

Baroness Amos refuses to rule out statutory inquiry into ‘shocking’ NHS maternity care

Campaigners calling for public inquiry to take place as new report uncovers unacceptable failures

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The Independent UK · Feb 26

Unacceptable racism, unsafe wards and ‘too fat’ to have a baby: Shocking report lays bare failures in NHS maternity services

Women forced to deliver babies in corridors, Asian women stereotyped as ‘princesses’ and black women’s pain dismissed are among shocking findings of Amos inquiry

The Guardian - UK · Feb 18

Campaign urges NHS to improve diagnosis of potentially life-threatening childbirth condition

Exclusive: Five hospitals failed to spot Amisha Adhia had placenta accreta before one obstetrician intervened

The Independent UK · Feb 6

Grieving families who lost babies due to NHS failings hit out at maternity investigation

The government has been urged to abandon its ‘performative approach’ after victims said they were being forced to ‘compress’ their experiences

The Independent UK · Dec 27, 2025

Midwives call for limits on ‘dangerously long’ working hours putting mothers and babies at risk

14,000 sign petition calling for legal restrictions on midwives’ working hours

The Guardian - UK · Dec 13, 2025

Risk to women of severe bleeding after giving birth at five-year high in England

Rate rises by 19% compared with 2020, prompting fresh concerns about NHS maternity care

The Guardian - UK · Dec 10, 2025

One in five women in England say their concerns were ignored during childbirth, survey finds

Women say fears were dismissed and help was unavailable at crucial moments during labour

The Independent UK · Dec 9, 2025

Voices: Every woman should feel safe in an NHS maternity ward

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The staggering shortcomings in care for mothers at hospitals and failure to implement recommendations to correct them have resulted in lives lost and ruined – the health secretary could define his legacy by finally putting this right

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