Birth trauma inquiry
An inquiry has investigated the reasons why women experience birth trauma, how the condition affects them, the wider social impact, and the steps that can be taken to prevent birth trauma. The picture that has emerged is one of a maternity system where poor care is all-too-frequently tolerated as normal, and women are treated as an inconvenience. This report makes a set of recommendations that aim to address these problems and work towards a maternity system that is woman-centred, and where poor care is the exception rather than the rule.