NHS needs another 2,500 midwives and charity says treatment of women is ‘intolerable in a civilised society’
Shaun Lintern, Health Editor Sunday February 06 2022, 12.01am, The Sunday Times
Neya Joshi, pictured with son Arjun, is one of thousands of mothers to experience poor care due to a lack of staff in maternity units.
Unable to move and with her newborn baby crying out of reach, Neya Joshi was left alone for hours on an understaffed maternity ward and had to beg for a glass of water. “It was awful, I was so helpless and so desperate, and no one was interested in helping me. I have never felt fear like it,” she said.The medical copywriter, 30, was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder months after giving birth to her son Arjun at Croydon University Hospital in May 2020 and had therapy for a year to recover from the trauma.
She is one of thousands of mothers across the country experiencing poorer care because maternity units lack enough staff.
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Data from 122 NHS trusts in England shows maternity units were forced to shut their doors to women in labour more than 323 times in 2020-21, for the equivalent of 679 days, often due to a lack of staff or beds #maternitysafety 3/7
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