London, June 23, 2025 (AFP) - UK probes maternity services after scandals

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2025-06-23

UK Health Secretary Wes Streeting on Monday announced a "rapid national investigation" into English maternity services after a string of scandals over 15 years. Streeting said he was ordering the probe having heard many "deeply painful stories of trauma, loss, and a lack of basic compassion -- caused by failures in NHS (National Health Service) maternity care that should never have happened". har/pdh/ach ...

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