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Pelvic Partnership and other charities shining a light on the impact on pregnant women and new families in the pandemic

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A coalition of 13 leading pregnancy, birth and early parenting charities, including the Pelvic Partnership, have given evidence to the Covid-19 Inquiry exposing the significant impact that poor management of maternity and neonatal services had on families during the pandemic. 

The organisations (full list available below) are collectively acting as a Core Participant to the Inquiry, to represent the voices of the hundreds of thousands of new parents and families who experienced pregnancy and new parenthood, including neonatal admission, miscarriage and baby loss, across the UK during the pandemic.  

The charities will seek to highlight the experiences of these families, whose needs were consistently overlooked in critical healthcare decisions, and the impact this has had on them and their babies. 

 

Jenny Ward, CEO of The Lullaby Trust who is representing the 13 charities giving evidence to the Inquiry, said: “We have worked as a group of charities to shed light on the experiences of the pregnant women, new parents and families we supported during the pandemic, and the impact on them of decisions made about maternity and neonatal care during this period.  

“These are difficult experiences to hear, but we must do so in order to learn from mistakes made during the pandemic and ensure pregnant women, new parents and their babies are never again failed as they were during Covid-19″. 
Sarah Fishburn, Chair of the Pelvic Partnership, said: “treatment and support for women with pelvic girdle pain stopped at the start of the pandemic. Too often we heard from women and their families who were left in pain with no support and treatment options.

Unfortunately, we are finding that little has changed four years on.

Today, women with pelvic girdle pain are not getting the care, support and treatment they need on the NHS, receiving instead phone calls and generic advice. Women are left to seek hands-on holistic treatment from private physiotherapists, osteopaths and chiropractors. By removing face to face, hands-on treatment on the NHS, only those who can afford to pay for private manual therapy can get treatment.”

The charities presenting evidence to the Inquiry are:   

Aching Arms, Baby Lifeline, Bliss, The Ectopic Pregnancy Trust, Group B Strep Support, ICP Support, The Lullaby Trust, The Miscarriage Association, NCT (National Childbirth Trust), Pelvic Partnership, Pregnancy Sickness Support, Tommy’s and Twins Trust.

We would also like to acknowledge our legal team, led by Slater + Gordon and Doughty Street Chambers.

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