Jennifer and Agnes Cahill's inquest continues. google.com/amp/s/www.manc…

This is NOT ok. These can be life changing, with faecal incontinence and pain a potential and not rare result. We are letting women down so badly

Jennifer and Agnes Cahill's ongoing inquest. "Cause of death of young mum who died with baby daughter in tragic home birth heard for first time" manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-m…

The Facebook group Jennifer used has been taken down. It said it didn't give medical advice but seemed to encourage rejecting medical help at every turn. google.com/amp/s/www.dail…

Thanks to Milli Hill Catherine Roy Renée Hoenderkamp and Rebecca Steinfeld, for a discussion that lived up to a 'Battle of Ideas', well chaired by Ella Whelan Hope for more and more time next year!

One of my favourite panels from the Battle of Ideas was on feeding babies and toddlers We need to recognise that raising children is true success ❤️❤️❤️

Wes Streeting launches independent inquiry into maternity failures by Leeds hospitals independent.co.uk/news/health/le…

This is the 5th independent inquiry into an English maternity unit. Morecambe Bay, Shrewsbury & Telford, East Kent, Nottingham and now Leeds. The need for a national statutory public inquiry has never been stronger. Wes Streeting Fleur Anderson MP Maternity Safety Alliance

“We have to give the families the honesty and accountability they deserve and end the normalisation of deaths of women and babies in maternity units” independent.co.uk/news/health/le…

Was our panel on the niche topic of infant feeding the most controversial at Academy of Ideas #BattleFest? It was definitely a fiery debate! Thanks to Ella Whelan, Claire Fox & Parenting studies for ensuring important issues like this get a platform for discussion.

For Grace, Aliona, Asees, Martha, Freyja, Kion, Elsa, Callum, Benjamin and every other baby who avoidably died or was harmed at LTHT 🤍 Thank you BBC Woman's Hour for having us

"By this stage Jen was not thinking she was high risk because she was back with the midwives" Dividing childbirth between midwives & obstetricians has been at the heart of harmful maternity policies for 30 years. When will you act? Wes Streeting google.com/amp/s/www.manc…

Breastfeeding: Miracle or Myth Renée Hoenderkamp words are familiar and repetitive like so many other thought-stopping mantras recited as public health creeds to encourage women to breastfeed without needing to scrutinise the evidence behind the claims. These statements don't

Spicy take on public health orthodoxy when it comes to breastfeeding 🌶️

So what is happening with the Amos investigation ? Two of the 14 trusts having their own parallel inquiries but with scope and chairs to be decided. Another trust removed because of a (long running) police investigation. Some families feeling sidelined. And a report in 2 months?

An excellent critique of "breast is best" mantra from Dr Ruth Ann Harpur. Well worth the read. As she says "debunking mantras requires more effort than chanting them." In my view, it's beyond time that we applied scientific rigour to policies that are harming mums & babies.

Julian Hartley should have never been given the role of CEO at the CQC. So many families were failed during his tenure, mine included & from the start of my CQC case I had no belief that action would be taken because that action would have been against their CEO.

Another preventable death. Becky said: "I was constantly getting reassured that it's normal." itv.com/news/westcount…

🔥 🔥 🔥 Formula = £300 to provide an infant with their full nutritional needs for nearly 6 months NCT classes = £300 to convince you not to use formula (now in more friendly and more subtly coercive ways).

Watching the praise of outgoing CQC CEO on LinkedIn UK I am sorry but a response is needed It’s the group think which is very disappointing And a challenge is a must We cannot ignore the views of so many Don’t pick your social media platform just to massage your ego