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After a six-month-long investigation into maternity care in England, the government has published its initial findings. The report reveals a catalog of failures at 12 NHS trusts – from inadequate staffing and poor facilities to racial discrimination. So what do bereaved families make of the findings? And can this broken system be fixed?
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Guests:
- Eleanor Hayward, health editor, The Times.
- Poppy Koronka, health reporter, The Times.
Host: Luke Jones.
Producer: Micaela Arneson.
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Read more: NHS ‘incentivised’ to record baby deaths as stillborn
Further listening: Inside England's maternity scandal, part one
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