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A quarter of new mothers are left alone in labour, according to a new survey from NHS watchdog the Care Quality Commission (CQC). That is about 175,000 women in England each year, and it is a rate that is up on the last time women were surveyed by the...

With the publication of the recent report of obstetric liability payouts, the transformation has been completed. British midwifery has become a cult. How many babies have to die before British midwives recognize that their veneration of “normal birth...

Rolling coverage of all the day’s political developments as they happen, including Michael Gove’s speech on the EU Michael Gove’s Today interview - Summary Gove ‘simply wrong’ about EU and intelligence agencies, says Grieve Gove’s speech - Snap verdict...

In 1983, Margaret Thatcher was fed up with the NHS as an anomalous gift economy in a country she wished would be dedicated to profit. However, open attack was not possible because the NHS was loved by the people. So who better than the chairman of Sainsbury...