Peter Rhodes on power cuts, trains (again) and the wrong sort of statistics
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Britain's maternity units have had more than their share of scandals and traumas, so there are few surprises in the latest research by Mumsnet claiming that women are being "failed at every stage" in maternity care.
Campaigners found that 79 per cent of 1,000 women who answered their questionnaire had experienced some form of birth trauma. Forty-four per cent said healthcare professionals had used language implying the women were "a failure or to blame" for what happened.