ITV News has heard from dozens of women describing their trauma during pregnancy, labour and birth.
It comes as a NHS watchdog found "persistent" safety issues aren’t localised, but stem from problems at a national level.
It also said too many recommendations for improvements are met with only limited follow-up.
Our Correspondent Stacey Foster heard from some of the women who’ve been badly let down.
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