Unable to move and with her baby crying out of reach, Neya Joshi was alone for hours on an understaffed maternity ward, forced to beg just for a glass of water.
@thesundaytimes today reveals data showing the worsening maternity crisis in the NHS 🧵 1/7 thetimes.co.uk/article/new-mo…
@thesundaytimes today reveals data showing the worsening maternity crisis in the NHS 🧵 1/7 thetimes.co.uk/article/new-mo…
“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," Neya told @thesundaytimes
Despite promises to recruit more midwives, staffing levels are in decline across England for the first time in years 2/7
Despite promises to recruit more midwives, staffing levels are in decline across England for the first time in years 2/7
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
“I had to ask for my bedsheets to be cleaned after a couple of days as they had blood on them" - teacher Gemma Snipe waited almost 90 hours to be induced after her waters broke.
“When we were waiting in triage it just felt like we were waiting for something to go wrong" 4/7
“When we were waiting in triage it just felt like we were waiting for something to go wrong" 4/7
"We are treating women in ways that are unacceptable in a civilised society" says Kim Thomas from @BirthTrauma 5/7
Some women have been moved between hospitals mid-induction or startes and then stopped due to a lack of beds, says @mariacbooker from @birthrightsorg 6/7
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