Warning for NHS as staggering number of new mothers seek emergency medical care

More than one in five mothers in England require emergency medical attention within a year of giving birth, with Black and young mothers disproportionately affected, a new report has revealed. The Nuffield Trust found that 22 per cent of new mothers accessed emergency care in the 12 months after delivering their babies.The analysis, which examined 1.6 million deliveries across England between April 2021 and March 2024, showed that emergency hospital admissions occurred after six per cent of births, or one in 20. Urgent contacts were most frequent in the few days after delivery, with 21 per cent of mothers attending A&E and six per cent needing hospital admission overall.The report warned that mothers are particularly “vulnerable” during the initial weeks and months following childbirth. Mo