Exclusive: Maternity adviser quits in ‘normal birth’ dispute

By Emily Townsend2026-06-29T14:39:00

The chair of several high-profile safety inquiries has resigned from the government’s national maternity review just ahead of publication, in a dispute over “normal birth ideology”, HSJ can reveal.

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