https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/597006/post-natal-stay-announcement-incorrectly-characterised-christopher-luxon-says "Fixing the basics, building the future and backing families from day one." Except…not just yet/in two weeks/growing the economy/strong and stable/bloody labour/etc. Learn to lobby like the tobacco people you newborn freeloaders. Three days maternity and infant care????? Pull the (ladder up all you female nact mps) other one, it’s got bells on. #nzpol #healthcare #maternityandinfantcare #postnatalcare
Post-natal stay announcement 'incorrectly characterised', Christopher Luxon says

A post stated all mothers would get three-night postnatal hospital stay from now on, but the PM says this is not correct.

RNZ
Women having ‘harrowing’ births as hospitals hide failures, says MPs’ report

UK birth trauma inquiry finds women variously mocked, ignored, fobbed off with paracetamol and left permanently damaged

The Guardian

The sad truth about having a baby: ‘cattle’ care is now the norm | Milli Hill | Opinion | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jan/17/having-a-baby-cattle-midwives-report

#midwifery #midwives #birth #prenatalcare #postnatalcare

The sad truth about having a baby: ‘cattle’ care is now the norm | Milli Hill

A new report confirms our worst fears about lack of midwives and lack of continuity. The situation is frustrating and dangerous – and it’s getting worse