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  1. Giving birth in Serbia: ‘You leave your dignity at the door’.

    A months-long DW investigation into childbirth in Serbia revealed a striking pattern in women’s negative experiences, the widespread use of practices not universally recommended by the WHO and a system under pressure.

    mediafaro.org/article/20260731

    #Serbia #Childbirth #Maternity #Healthcare #Women

  2. Giving birth in Serbia: ‘You leave your dignity at the door’.

    A months-long DW investigation into childbirth in Serbia revealed a striking pattern in women’s negative experiences, the widespread use of practices not universally recommended by the WHO and a system under pressure.

    mediafaro.org/article/20260731

    #Serbia #Childbirth #Maternity #Healthcare #Women

  3. Giving birth in Serbia: ‘You leave your dignity at the door’.

    A months-long DW investigation into childbirth in Serbia revealed a striking pattern in women’s negative experiences, the widespread use of practices not universally recommended by the WHO and a system under pressure.

    mediafaro.org/article/20260731

    #Serbia #Childbirth #Maternity #Healthcare #Women

  4. Giving birth in Serbia: ‘You leave your dignity at the door’.

    A months-long DW investigation into childbirth in Serbia revealed a striking pattern in women’s negative experiences, the widespread use of practices not universally recommended by the WHO and a system under pressure.

    mediafaro.org/article/20260731

    #Serbia #Childbirth #Maternity #Healthcare #Women

  5. Giving birth in Serbia: ‘You leave your dignity at the door’.

    A months-long DW investigation into childbirth in Serbia revealed a striking pattern in women’s negative experiences, the widespread use of practices not universally recommended by the WHO and a system under pressure.

    mediafaro.org/article/20260731

    #Serbia #Childbirth #Maternity #Healthcare #Women

  6. europesays.com/ie/611129/ Is it discriminatory to only pay maternity top-ups after a certain period of service? – The Irish Times #Business #Éire #IE #Ireland #Maternity

  7. LLANELLI: Mums-to-be face Swansea trips for check-ups as maternity clinic changes

    Pregnant women in Llanelli who plan to give birth in Swansea will have to travel there for all their consultant appointments, under changes coming in December.

    At the moment, those choosing Singleton Hospital can have some of their antenatal care at Prince Philip Hospital on their doorstep, with the rest in Swansea.

    That split arrangement is ending, and the satellite clinic at Prince Philip is being replaced.

    Not everyone is affected. Women whose pregnancies do not need a consultant will carry on seeing Hywel Dda community midwives locally, as now.

    And for those who choose to give birth in Carmarthenshire rather than Swansea, a new Hywel Dda-run obstetric clinic will open at Prince Philip in place of the current one.

    The change hits one group in particular: women who want a Singleton birth but have a pregnancy needing consultant oversight. For them, every hospital appointment now means the trip to Swansea.

    The clinic at Prince Philip has been run under an agreement between the two health boards — Swansea Bay, which runs Singleton, and Hywel Dda, which covers Carmarthenshire.

    It was Swansea Bay that gave notice. Hywel Dda was formally told on 6 June, and the agreement ends on 9 December.

    Hywel Dda says the two boards work to different clinical guidelines, policies and governance arrangements, and that reviews found those differences “can create inconsistencies”.

    Both organisations agreed ending the arrangement would support a safer and more coherent pathway for women and babies, the board said.

    Sharon Daniel, director of nursing, quality and patient experience at Hywel Dda, said: “The safety and quality of care for pregnant women and people and babies must always be our primary consideration.”

    She said the current arrangement had let people from the area access consultant-led maternity services in Swansea while attending some appointments closer to home.

    “However, reviews undertaken by both health boards have highlighted that operating across two organisations with different clinical and governance frameworks can create challenges,” she said.

    Women, families and staff will get their say first. A six-week engagement exercise starts on 17 August, with details of how to take part published beforehand.

    “The engagement process will help us better understand any impact of the changes,” Ms Daniel said, adding that feedback would be considered as the new arrangements were planned.

    Maternity services at Swansea Bay University Health Board were escalated to Level Four intervention in July last year.

    The change comes with maternity care at Singleton under intense scrutiny. Services were escalated to Level Four intervention by the Welsh Government in July last year — the second highest level — after an independent review found repeated failures in the quality of care and governance.

    That review examined 168 clinical cases and heard from more than 1,000 people. The then Health Secretary, Jeremy Miles, issued a full and unreserved apology to women and families who “have not received the service or care they deserved”.

    Two months earlier, a report by patient body Llais had gathered the experiences of more than 500 people who used Swansea Bay maternity services. Women described being left alone during labour, having concerns dismissed and feeling unsafe. One said she was left covered in blood; another that her catheter was left in for 26 hours.

    A healthcare lawyer acting for affected families said at the time that some cases involved babies only weeks old, and that “there is now a generation of people fearful of what might await them when the time comes to give birth”.

    Swansea Bay has apologised unreservedly, accepted all the review’s recommendations, and says it has made improvements to staffing, training and services. Perinatal mortality has fallen since 2023.

    In Llanelli, it lands on a hospital where residents are already watching services closely. Councillors have called for Prince Philip to become a “centre of excellence” for stroke care amid fears of erosion, with the town council leader warning the town “cannot afford to lose any more”.

    Under separate proposals, Glangwili in Carmarthen would become the region’s only 24-hour acute stroke unit, leaving Prince Philip as a transfer site.

    People can register to take part in Hywel Dda’s engagement work through its Siarad Iechyd / Talking Health scheme.

    Related stories from Swansea Bay News

    Independent Review finds repeated failings in Swansea Bay maternity care
    The review that led to Level Four intervention by the Welsh Government.

    Patient group reveals shocking treatment of new mothers at Singleton Hospital
    More than 500 people shared their experiences with Llais.

    PRINCE PHILIP HOSPITAL: Town council calls for Llanelli stroke unit to become ‘centre of excellence’
    Councillors warn the town cannot afford to lose more services.

    LLANELLI: More NHS services moving to Pentre Awel
    What else is relocating in the town, and when.

    #HywelDdaNHS #Llanelli #maternity #PrincePhilipHospital #SingletonHospital #SwanseaBayNHS
  8. Hot weather study will support future guidance

    Pregnant women, parents, guardians, carers, and those who have had babies in the last 12 months at Walsall…
    #Birmingham #UnitedKingdom #UK #GB #England #Headlines #News #Europe #EU #Britain #GreatBritain #maternity #Pregnancy #Research
    europesays.com/uk/1108667/

  9. Albanese dashes hopes for new NT hospital during $10m maternity announcement

    Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has dashed hopes of federal funding for a new hospital in Darwin, while announcing…
    #Australia #AnthonyAlbanese #AU #australianprimeminister #Austrlia #hospitalfunding #maternity #PrimeMinister #RDH #royaldarwinhospital
    europesays.com/australia/54188/

  10. Kherson: Born in the bunker, killed in the street.

    The regional capital of Ukraine under the fiercest siege by Russian drones maintains an underground, armoured maternity ward.

    mediafaro.org/article/20260718

    #Kherson #Maternity #WarInUkraine #Ukraine

  11. Kherson: Born in the bunker, killed in the street.

    The regional capital of Ukraine under the fiercest siege by Russian drones maintains an underground, armoured maternity ward.

    mediafaro.org/article/20260718

    #Kherson #Maternity #WarInUkraine #Ukraine

  12. Kherson: Born in the bunker, killed in the street.

    The regional capital of Ukraine under the fiercest siege by Russian drones maintains an underground, armoured maternity ward.

    mediafaro.org/article/20260718

    #Kherson #Maternity #WarInUkraine #Ukraine

  13. Rural America already has worse maternal mortality than any other wealthy nation, and Republicans just cut the Medicaid that keeps these hospitals open. #RuralHealth #Maternity

  14. #Meta is being sued by dozens of #employees who claim the company used #AI tools to target them for #layoffs after they took #maternity, #disability, or other #protectedleave. The lawsuit alleges that Meta’s AI systems, which use data like performance ratings and keystroke monitoring, disproportionately selected employees on leave for termination. The plaintiffs are seeking to stop the layoffs and are requesting an independent audit. theguardian.com/technology/202 #AIagent #AI #ML #NLP #LLM #GenAI

  15. #Meta is being sued by dozens of #employees who claim the company used #AI tools to target them for #layoffs after they took #maternity, #disability, or other #protectedleave. The lawsuit alleges that Meta’s AI systems, which use data like performance ratings and keystroke monitoring, disproportionately selected employees on leave for termination. The plaintiffs are seeking to stop the layoffs and are requesting an independent audit. theguardian.com/technology/202 #AIagent #AI #ML #NLP #LLM #GenAI

  16. #Meta is being sued by dozens of #employees who claim the company used #AI tools to target them for #layoffs after they took #maternity, #disability, or other #protectedleave. The lawsuit alleges that Meta’s AI systems, which use data like performance ratings and keystroke monitoring, disproportionately selected employees on leave for termination. The plaintiffs are seeking to stop the layoffs and are requesting an independent audit. theguardian.com/technology/202 #AIagent #AI #ML #NLP #LLM #GenAI

  17. #Meta is being sued by dozens of #employees who claim the company used #AI tools to target them for #layoffs after they took #maternity, #disability, or other #protectedleave. The lawsuit alleges that Meta’s AI systems, which use data like performance ratings and keystroke monitoring, disproportionately selected employees on leave for termination. The plaintiffs are seeking to stop the layoffs and are requesting an independent audit. theguardian.com/technology/202 #AIagent #AI #ML #NLP #LLM #GenAI

  18. #Meta is being sued by dozens of #employees who claim the company used #AI tools to target them for #layoffs after they took #maternity, #disability, or other #protectedleave. The lawsuit alleges that Meta’s AI systems, which use data like performance ratings and keystroke monitoring, disproportionately selected employees on leave for termination. The plaintiffs are seeking to stop the layoffs and are requesting an independent audit. theguardian.com/technology/202 #AIagent #AI #ML #NLP #LLM #GenAI

  19. NHS maternity claims reach record high after string of scandals

    Maternity made up close to £35bn of the total £60bn set aside for future negligence payments, the NHS…
    #NewsBeep #News #Healthcare #DepartmentforHealth&SocialCare #Health #healthcare #Hospitals #Infanthealth #Maternity #NHS(NationalHealthService) #reproductivehealth #standard #UK #UnitedKingdom
    newsbeep.com/uk/687092/

  20. U.S. Blockade Cut the Power. U.S. Citizens Brought the Light.
    belly-of-the-beast.kit.com/pos

    July 10, 2026
    [weekly newsletter about #Cuba from the #BellyOfTheBeast #news collective]

    Women and children have long been a priority of Cuba's universal #PublicHealth system, which operates more than 130 free #maternity homes for #women with high-risk pregnancies across the island.

    But blackouts caused by the US #oil #blockade are leaving doctors, nurses and their patients in the dark.

    Even as the Trump administration wages economic war on Cuba, people in the United States are stepping up to help sustain the island's beleaguered healthcare by bringing solar power to its maternity homes.

    Also:

    • MEDICC Brings #SolarPower to Cuban Maternity Homes
    • Despite #US Pressure, Most Nations Oppose #Embargo
    • How Cubans Are Surviving Endless Blackouts
    • We Found the “Russian Spy Base” in Cuba
    • Second Sanctioned Mining Company Seeks US Buyer

    #OilForCuba!
    #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
    #politics #USpol

  21. U.S. Blockade Cut the Power. U.S. Citizens Brought the Light.
    belly-of-the-beast.kit.com/pos

    July 10, 2026
    [weekly newsletter about #Cuba from the #BellyOfTheBeast #news collective]

    Women and children have long been a priority of Cuba's universal #PublicHealth system, which operates more than 130 free #maternity homes for #women with high-risk pregnancies across the island.

    But blackouts caused by the US #oil #blockade are leaving doctors, nurses and their patients in the dark.

    Even as the Trump administration wages economic war on Cuba, people in the United States are stepping up to help sustain the island's beleaguered healthcare by bringing solar power to its maternity homes.

    Also:

    • MEDICC Brings #SolarPower to Cuban Maternity Homes
    • Despite #US Pressure, Most Nations Oppose #Embargo
    • How Cubans Are Surviving Endless Blackouts
    • We Found the “Russian Spy Base” in Cuba
    • Second Sanctioned Mining Company Seeks US Buyer

    #OilForCuba!
    #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
    #politics #USpol

  22. U.S. Blockade Cut the Power. U.S. Citizens Brought the Light.
    belly-of-the-beast.kit.com/pos

    July 10, 2026
    [weekly newsletter about #Cuba from the #BellyOfTheBeast #news collective]

    Women and children have long been a priority of Cuba's universal #PublicHealth system, which operates more than 130 free #maternity homes for #women with high-risk pregnancies across the island.

    But blackouts caused by the US #oil #blockade are leaving doctors, nurses and their patients in the dark.

    Even as the Trump administration wages economic war on Cuba, people in the United States are stepping up to help sustain the island's beleaguered healthcare by bringing solar power to its maternity homes.

    Also:

    • MEDICC Brings #SolarPower to Cuban Maternity Homes
    • Despite #US Pressure, Most Nations Oppose #Embargo
    • How Cubans Are Surviving Endless Blackouts
    • We Found the “Russian Spy Base” in Cuba
    • Second Sanctioned Mining Company Seeks US Buyer

    #OilForCuba!
    #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
    #politics #USpol

  23. U.S. Blockade Cut the Power. U.S. Citizens Brought the Light.
    belly-of-the-beast.kit.com/pos

    July 10, 2026
    [weekly newsletter about #Cuba from the #BellyOfTheBeast #news collective]

    Women and children have long been a priority of Cuba's universal #PublicHealth system, which operates more than 130 free #maternity homes for #women with high-risk pregnancies across the island.

    But blackouts caused by the US #oil #blockade are leaving doctors, nurses and their patients in the dark.

    Even as the Trump administration wages economic war on Cuba, people in the United States are stepping up to help sustain the island's beleaguered healthcare by bringing solar power to its maternity homes.

    Also:

    • MEDICC Brings #SolarPower to Cuban Maternity Homes
    • Despite #US Pressure, Most Nations Oppose #Embargo
    • How Cubans Are Surviving Endless Blackouts
    • We Found the “Russian Spy Base” in Cuba
    • Second Sanctioned Mining Company Seeks US Buyer

    #OilForCuba!
    #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
    #politics #USpol

  24. U.S. Blockade Cut the Power. U.S. Citizens Brought the Light.
    belly-of-the-beast.kit.com/pos

    July 10, 2026
    [weekly newsletter about #Cuba from the #BellyOfTheBeast #news collective]

    Women and children have long been a priority of Cuba's universal #PublicHealth system, which operates more than 130 free #maternity homes for #women with high-risk pregnancies across the island.

    But blackouts caused by the US #oil #blockade are leaving doctors, nurses and their patients in the dark.

    Even as the Trump administration wages economic war on Cuba, people in the United States are stepping up to help sustain the island's beleaguered healthcare by bringing solar power to its maternity homes.

    Also:

    • MEDICC Brings #SolarPower to Cuban Maternity Homes
    • Despite #US Pressure, Most Nations Oppose #Embargo
    • How Cubans Are Surviving Endless Blackouts
    • We Found the “Russian Spy Base” in Cuba
    • Second Sanctioned Mining Company Seeks US Buyer

    #OilForCuba!
    #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
    #politics #USpol

  25. 🧵2/2: on a more serious note, that means that #countbinface would trigger yet another #byelection if he wins, as clearly Harvey will not want to trade a #creative #comedy career for the constraints of an #MP's life. And that will weigh on his mind a bit, as he won't want to be in a position to abandon before the vote either, as this would be a double win for #NigelFarage. For info, no, MPs are not allowed to have stand-ins, not even to get a #maternity leave. research.mysociety.org/html/st

  26. 🧵2/2: on a more serious note, that means that #countbinface would trigger yet another #byelection if he wins, as clearly Harvey will not want to trade a #creative #comedy career for the constraints of an #MP's life. And that will weigh on his mind a bit, as he won't want to be in a position to abandon before the vote either, as this would be a double win for #NigelFarage. For info, no, MPs are not allowed to have stand-ins, not even to get a #maternity leave. research.mysociety.org/html/st

  27. 🧵2/2: on a more serious note, that means that #countbinface would trigger yet another #byelection if he wins, as clearly Harvey will not want to trade a #creative #comedy career for the constraints of an #MP's life. And that will weigh on his mind a bit, as he won't want to be in a position to abandon before the vote either, as this would be a double win for #NigelFarage. For info, no, MPs are not allowed to have stand-ins, not even to get a #maternity leave. research.mysociety.org/html/st

  28. 🧵2/2: on a more serious note, that means that #countbinface would trigger yet another #byelection if he wins, as clearly Harvey will not want to trade a #creative #comedy career for the constraints of an #MP's life. And that will weigh on his mind a bit, as he won't want to be in a position to abandon before the vote either, as this would be a double win for #NigelFarage. For info, no, MPs are not allowed to have stand-ins, not even to get a #maternity leave. research.mysociety.org/html/st

  29. 🧵2/2: on a more serious note, that means that #countbinface would trigger yet another #byelection if he wins, as clearly Harvey will not want to trade a #creative #comedy career for the constraints of an #MP's life. And that will weigh on his mind a bit, as he won't want to be in a position to abandon before the vote either, as this would be a double win for #NigelFarage. For info, no, MPs are not allowed to have stand-ins, not even to get a #maternity leave. research.mysociety.org/html/st