Author: Sara Ledger | Baby Lifeline

Party manifesto analysis shows that progress in Women’s Health must be prioritised

Inequalities, Maternity Knowledge, Maternity News / Sara Ledger

Sara LedgerHead of Research and Development, Baby Lifeline Ahead of the election on Thursday, a group of experts at Imperial College in London have rated the leading parties’ manifestos and their implications for Women’s Health against 15 key priorities. What the analysis shows is that progress still needs to be made on prioritising Women’s Health […]

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A missed opportunity to save mothers’ lives

Maternity News / Sara Ledger

Yesterday’s report looking at mothers who died in 2018-20 by MBRRACE-UK made for sobering reading. There has been another increase in the number of mothers dying, particularly in the post-natal period, and a sharp focus is needed to prevent maternal deaths and injuries. The themes and main causes of death are very similar to those

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Baby Lifeline responds to CQC report

Maternity News / Sara Ledger

The Care Quality Commission’s ‘The state of health care and adult social care in England 2021/22’ report was published today (Friday 21 October 2022). It shared the CQC’s ratings as of 31 July 2022, which show that the quality of maternity services is getting worse, with six per cent of NHS services (nine out of 139) now rated as inadequate, and 32% (45

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The East Kent report: In summary

Maternity News / Sara Ledger

Today’s East Kent report isn’t the only independent investigation into NHS maternity services published in recent years, but that makes its findings even more crucial. The themes identified by the Independent Investigation into East Kent Maternity Services, led by Baby Lifeline Honorary President Dr Bill Kirkup, are sadly too familiar. As are the circumstances through

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#MatSafety2022: The key points we heard

Maternity Knowledge / Sara Ledger

When working on the programme for the National Maternity Safety Conference, Baby Lifeline’s aim was to bring together parent campaigners, experts and frontline professionals for a day of learning together for a safer maternity future. The day was based around vital elements of improving safety in healthcare: listening to families, learning from the past, learning

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Education, the workforce, and policies in maternity need to be inclusive

Inequalities, Maternity Knowledge, Maternity News / Sara Ledger

The findings of the inquiry mirror our own findings in last year’s ‘Mind the Gap 2021’ report, which looked at training offered to frontline professionals in maternity in 2020/21. Both reports found that the education offered to health professionals did not represent all of those who access care.

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Baby Lifeline strengthens its family voice with new advisory group launch

Baby Lifeline News / Sara Ledger

Baby Lifeline strengthens its family voice with new advisory group launch

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MBRRACE-UK Reports: Improvements to care may have made a difference to over half of babies and mothers who died.

Maternity News / Sara Ledger

Whilst tragedies in maternity care are thankfully rare, far too many are preventable. At Baby Lifeline, it is our mission to make sure NHS professionals have the tools they need to improve care and save lives.

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