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Maternity care in the UK is in a doom loop – how has it come to this? | Zoe Williams

Twenty years ago, if a pregnant woman had asked for a C-section because of her fears over poor staffing levels, midwives would have thought she was over-anxious. Now, it seems like a depressingly real…

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The Guardian United Kingdom · 19 October 2026

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