More hospital departments receive negligence claims and payments than maternity care; activists attribute this to underfunding and overworked staff.
Amy Stead, 37, needed almost three years to become pregnant, but she suffered lifelong disabilities after childbirth.
She sustained a tear during labor in 2019 that was so bad it required a permanent stoma. Even worse, it was not discovered quickly enough.
“It turned out that I had a hole between my vagina and rectum, but it had been completely missed,” revealed Ms Stead.
