Worrying new report into #COVID19 maternity deaths by @mbrrace reveals lack of intensive care beds, mistakes by redeployed staff and inaccessible mental health services contributed to women's deaths:
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Remember when Ministers said no one who needed intensive care during #covid19 crisis was denied? 
Four women died by suicide between March and May...the report says women were "bounced" between services which had suspended face to face assessments. Tragic reading:
There have been several articles about the risks of domestic violence during lockdown. The @mbrrace report has two sobering examples of service failure for two women:
The reality of the coronavirus surge for NHS. This is unlikely to be isolated to maternity...sadly many mistakes may have happened in other service areas...the result of an NHS that went into the crisis weaker than it needed to have been (no enough beds, nurses, drs).
Royal Colleges respond
