Health Secretary Wes Streeting has said "we must act now" as he announced a national investigation into maternity care in England.The "rapid" inquiry will urgently look at the worst-performing ...

Getty ImagesDivya Talwar & Sarah BellBBC NewsMaternity services at two Leeds hospitals have been downgraded from "good" to "inadequate" by the healthcare regulator, because their failings posed "a significant ...

Equality Commission for Northern IrelandMaeve Bradley said it was "quite a shock" when the person who was covering her maternity leave was promoted in her absenceA woman who accepted ...

BBCA row over comments by leadership candidate Kemi Badenoch suggesting maternity pay had "gone too far" has dominated the first day of the Conservative Party conference.The shadow housing secretary ...

The DHSC declined an interview request from the BBC, but the Minister for Women's Health Strategy, Maria Caulfield, said she wanted to "reassure mothers and families that maternity care ...