{"id":321097,"date":"2026-02-26T15:00:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T15:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/nhs-maternity-services-in-england-failing-women-babies-and-staff-report-finds\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T15:00:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T15:00:05","slug":"nhs-maternity-services-in-england-failing-women-babies-and-staff-report-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/nhs-maternity-services-in-england-failing-women-babies-and-staff-report-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"NHS maternity services in England &#8216;failing women, babies and staff&#8217;, report finds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/-m7Wppu2djg\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"NHS maternity services in England 'failing women, babies and staff', report finds\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-m7Wppu2djg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>NHS maternity services are failing women and babies through a reluctance to admit mistakes, \u201ca lack of kindness and compassion\u201d and pervasive discrimination. An interim report found deep-rooted issues across English NHS services and described a system that \u201cis not working for women, babies and families, or for staff\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe]<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Get more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/ <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<\/p>\n<p>Follow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NHS maternity services are failing women and babies through a reluctance to admit mistakes, \u201ca lack of kindness and compassion\u201d and pervasive discrimination. 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