A new national study has revealed that hospital admissions for miscarriages and ectopic pregnancies have increased in England

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What’s also worrying is what the analysis reveals about just how persistent inequalities in health outcomes have remained over the past two decades.

The gap between rich and poor is stark when it comes to pregnancy complications. From 2014 to 2024, there were more than 70,000 miscarriage admissions among the 10 per cent of women who were most deprived. That number was 2.7 times higher than that of the least deprived women; for ectopic pregnancy, the number of admissions was 2.4 times higher for the most deprived women compared with the least deprived.

It chimes with the news, heard by MPs earlier this month as the Health and Social Care Committee took evidence on the state of NHS maternity care, that women in the most deprived fifth of England are almost twice as likely to die during pregnancy and birth as those in the wealthiest areas.

It’s important to remember that the numbers represent real people. “Behind every admission is a woman and family experiencing what can be a deeply distressing and life-changing event,” says Amina Hatia, midwifery manager at Tommy’s, the pregnancy and baby charity.

Full article at https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/miscarriage-uk-baby-loss-rise-ectopic-pregnancy-b3023967.html

And at https://archive.is/tWUdJ

I haven't attempted to summarise the article which isquite long, as it cites a lot of information about changes in maternity outcomes.

I do wish people wouldn’t say passive aggressive things like ‘a c-section might give you a really nice delivery but…’. It’s major abdominal surgery and then you’re sent home 6 hours later with only paracetamol and supposed to look after a baby. Not ‘nice’.

I say this as a mother who had two vaginal births, one at home, so it’s not defensiveness. Just realistic about the rocks and hard places we are all caught between.

Ironically, that kind of attitude coming from someone who supposedly wants better care for women actually illustrates a lot about why gynecological and obstetric care is such a mess.