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‘Shocking’ rise in maternal readmissions revealed

2026-11-05T12:35:00+00:00By Emily Townsend

The rate of women readmitted to hospital within six weeks of giving birth has risen by more than a third in less than three years, HSJ analysis of unpublished data suggests.

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