How Safe is Maternity Care?
Ten years ago, journalist Krupa Padhy lost her first child because of medical negligence. Now she wants to find out what, if anything, has changed in Britain's maternity wards.
In 2013, broadcaster and journalist Krupa Padhy, one of the presenters for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour, lost her first child because of medical negligence in a London Hospital. Legal action was taken. Midwives and doctors were given extra training. Lessons were, apparently, learned. But Krupa's life has been changed forever. Over the last few years, systemic failures at multiple maternity units have been uncovered: at Morecambe Bay, Shrewsbury and Telford and East Kent. An investigation is currently underway in Nottingham and there are calls for a review in Leicester. Krupa wants to know what is happening in our maternity wards and how we make them safer.
Producer: Caitlin Smith
Researcher: Anna Miles
Execs: Peter McManus and Clare Fordham
Sound design: Eloise Whitmore
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