Articles Tagged: hospitals

10 ways to help a mother with breast cancer

By Marianne Kavanagh, Oct 19, 2010

Most of us know a woman who's been diagnosed with breast cancer. There are over 45,000 women diagnosed in the UK every year - ...

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Mother-to-be taken to FOUR hospitals - then gives birth 15 miles from home

By Tamsin Kelly, Jul 27, 2010

A mother was taken on a 'nightmare' 230-mile round trip to FOUR different hospitals - before giving birth just 15 miles away ...

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Hundreds of women in labour turned away from hospital

By Jenny Cornish, Apr 22, 2010

New figures reveal that at least 747 women who were in labour were turned away from the hospital where they were due to give ...

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Should new mums in maternity wards be bombarded by companies selling them stuff?

By Jenny Cornish, Mar 12, 2010

Hospitals have come under fire for letting more and more commercial companies into maternity wards to sell their products to ...

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The trials of having a home birth

By Katie Lee, Sep 3, 2009

If you're choosing to have a home birth, there's a good chance that you hope the experience will be less stressful than a ...

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Hospitals don't give breastfeeding mothers enough support, report says

By Jenny Cornish, May 16, 2009

Mothers are constantly being told that breastfeeding is best for the baby. That's all well and good, but apparently we're ...

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