Bulletins & Information
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Here you will find our posts on any important information
1A) MATERNITY- DELIVERY
https://www.cqc.org.uk/publications/themed-work/getting-safer-faster-key-areas-improvement-maternity...
2A) BIRTH TRAUMA ,Consequences and What Mum’s Need
Everglow Campaign: Survey: For What Mum’s Need. Taken from Maternal, Paternal and infant Accounts...
3A) EARLY POST NATAL PERIOD
https://maternalmentalhealthalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/RCGP-Report-Falling-through-the-gaps-PMH...
4A) TONGUE TIE
https://maternalmentalhealthalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/RCGP-Report-Falling-through-the-gaps-PMH...
5A) FAILINGS: G.P., HEALTH VISITOR
The Parliamentary Health Ombudsman investigation May 2018 to January 2021 decision is that; the...
6A) POSTCODE LOTTERY CAUSING THE NEED TO PAY FOR PRIVATE TREATMENT
Rebecca’s Inquest: following this Alan Blunsdon : made a Kent and Medway Coroner’s request for...
7A) CONSENT : THIS CONTINUES TO BE IGNORED
At the threat of suicide: Recent accounts relate that the police are often informed but not family...
8A) RESPITE AND MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT
Rebecca’s repeated calls for 'RESPITE’ were ignored because there was and still is NO RESPITE care...
9) DISENGAGEMENT : UNIDENTIFIED, PREVENTS TREATMENT COMMONLY LEADS TO SUICIDE
NICE (NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EXCELLENCE)...
10A) MEDICATION AND SUICIDE RISKS
https://www.bmj.com/content/350/bmj.h517 Conclusion: Rates of suicide and attempted suicide or...
10C) MIRTAZAPINE
A BLACK BOX MEDICATION with a high risk of suicide was prescribed 3 weeks before Boxing Day...
11A) COST TO SOCIETY: WHY WHEN IT CAN BE PREVENTED WITH EARLY LESS COSTLY INTERVENTIONS?
https://www.bps.org.uk/news-and-policy/perinatal-psychology-provision-specialist-perinatal-community...
12A) CULTURAL EXAMPLES FOR CONSIDERATION
Our Campaign aims to undertake maternity/perinatal research in other countries/cultures, to...
13A) Increase needed in Midwife and Health Visitor Post Natal visits
Daily Telegraph 29th January 2020: Mothers don’t get enough help at birth and need to see midwives...
13B) MIDWIVES IN CRISIS
https://www.rcm.org.uk/media-releases/2020/november/fears-for-maternity-as-staffing-shortages-hit-sa...
13C) Post Natal Services/ Support and Costs
From My letter to Matt Hancock: 22nd August 2019: “In 2007 NICE Guidelines recommended...
14A) MEDICATION: why is it Non compulsory to REPORT ADVERSE AFFECTS? : YELLOW CARD SCHEME
Medical and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) 17/1/21:Ref. Roles and...
14B) Critical IMPORTANCE OF REPORTING reactions to drugs: Yellow card scheme
https://bnf.nice.org.uk/guidance/adverse-reactions-to-drugs.html Suspected adverse drug reactions...
14C) Why reporting of adverse reactions is so important
14C) www.mhra.gov.uk/yellowcard www.gov.uk/yellowcard For established (or non-black triangle)...
14D) Crucial reporting of BLACKBOX WARNINGS OF SUICIDE RISK
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/mirtazapine-oral-tablet#important-warnings FDA warning:...
14E) U.S.A. FDA CONFIDENTIALITY COMMITMENT TO THE U.K. MHRA
https://www.fda.gov/international-programs/confidentiality-commitments/mhra-uk-fda-confidentiality-c...
15) Corruption: Misleading and Erroneous Information
Authorities data cannot be relied upon: Taken from My letter to Alan Blunsdon 13/12/18 which...
16) Providing Facilities
My letter to Alan Blunsdon 13/12/18 which elicited the Reg. 28 report. “Having battled to keep and...
17) Psychosis costs twice that for treatment of P.N.D. and anxiety combined
https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg192 Antenatal and postnatal mental health: clinical management...
18A) Inadequate Mental Health assessment Procedures
Excerpts from My letter to coroner Alan Blunsdon 13/12/18 which elicited the Reg. 28 report. Given...
19) 18 MONTHS OF INERTIA from 14th June 2017 to Boxing Day 2018
Needless deaths of 2 infants and the wreckage of a mother’s life. WHY WAS THIS ALLOWED TO HAPPEN...
20A) BABY BARNETT’S INQUEST
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9052059/Mother-33-gives-inquest-harrowing-account-midwives-...
20B) Shropshire hospital “blamed mothers for babies’ deaths”: (42 babies and 13 mothers)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-shropshire-55244726?fbclid=IwAR2EC7AZA6bPjuxEOdFyvElsu5rL2ctKs...
21A) The Patronising Disposition of Unaccountable Power
Bishop James Jones K.B.E. 1st November 2017 Hillsborough Independent Enquiry, identifies the...
21B) A lie or an oversight? S. Acott : C.E.O.E.K.Hospital Trust denies knowledge of the RCOG REPORT
November 2018 report into death of 1 week old baby Harry Richford November 2017 at Q.E.Q.M....
22) BILL KIRKUP INDEPENDENT INQUIRY INTO E.K.HOSPITALS JUNE 2020
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/nhs-maternity-safety-east-kent-kirkup-inquiry-a9591056.htm...
23A) The loss of Baby Harry Richford: The pain is a life sentence
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-51228194 “His parents were told he would never be able...
23B) Derek Richford Harry’s Grandfather: A grim and Familiar Tale
http://harrysstory.co.uk/ “We had asked time and time again for the Trust to report Harry's death...
24) FINANCIAL BURDEN
WHAT IS THE ESTIMATED FINANCIAL COST OF: INQUESTS, ENQUIRIES, REPORTS, REVIEWS, SUPPORT TO...
25) The Coronavirus Effects
March 2020 to the current time: November 29th 2020...
26A) Definition of Extortion
Extortion is a form of theft that occurs when the offender obtains money or property from someone...
27A) BELATED MEASURES: E.K.HOSPITAL TRUST following commission of the bill Kirkup independent inquiry into maternity services
https://www.ekhuft.nhs.uk/patients-and-visitors/news-centre/maternity-news/maternity-care-strategy/...
28A) THE CARE QUALITY COMMISSION -AGAIN: NHS trust pleads guilty
After "wholly avoidable death” of week-old baby...
28B) THE RCOG CRITICAL REPORT IN 2015
A critical report had been written after the trust asked the Royal College of Obstetricians and...
29A) APRIL 7TH EVERGLOW CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE VIDEO MEETING WITH NHSE CHIEF MIDWIFE J. DUNKLEY BENT AND TEAM
(See my written response: excerpt.) “I also emphasised that we had been begging to be included and...
30A) CALL FOR EVIDENCE : FROM DEPT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE
Women’s Health Strategy: THEY WON’T LISTEN TO US SO MAYBE THE WILL LISTEN TO YOU This call for...
30B) “It Was Heartbreaking’: New Mums’ Mental Health Is Still Being Ignored”
“A quarter of women are not asked about their mental health at their six-week check, according to...
31) THE NEED FOR RESPITE H0MES FOR MOTHERS AND THEIR BABIES
https://www.yourbirthright.co.uk/2015/12/08/torturing-new-mothers-and-then-wondering-why-they-get-me...
32) HOW DID SHE SLIP THROUGH THE NET? MUMS NEED SOMEONE TO COAX THEM OUT, TO ‘LET THEM SPEAK’, AND THEN LISTEN TO AND ACT:
"Please speak to someone" says heartbroken boyfriend after mum, 30, took her life, leaving her 10...
33) THE TRUST IS BEING PENALISED, PAYING OUT OF IMPROVERISHED FUNDS BUT THOSE RESPONSIBLE ARE STILL IN POST WHY?
Harry Richford: NHS Trust fined £761k over avoidable death of baby in landmark prosecution Baby...
34A) THE ETHOS FROM HOME BIRTHS IS TENDER LOVING CARE
familiarity, and the chance for midwives and mothers to practise their skills and avoid...
34B) ROYAL COLLEGE OF OBSTRETICIANS AND GYNAECOLOGISTS SUPPORT
Dr Tony Falconer, President of the RCOG, said: “The RCOG supports the choice of a home birth for...
35) BENEFITS OF NATURAL CHILDBIRTH (PSYCHOLOGICAL) AND THE DANGERS OF DISRESPECTING IT
https://bmjopen.bmj.com/ 2016-2018 Conclusion Giving birth physiologically is an intense and...
36A) HORMONAL PHYSIOLOGY OF CHILDBEARING: EVIDENCE AND IMPLICATIONS FOR WOMEN, BABIES AND MATERNITY CARE
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4720867/ Executive Summary of Hormonal Physiology of...
36B) THE ‘PRECAUTIONARY’ PRINCIPLE:
https://www.nationalpartnership.org/our-work/resources/health-care/maternity/hormonal-physiology-of-...
37) POSSIBLE DETRIMENTAL LONG TERM CONSEQUENCES OF DISRUPTED BIRTH:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29472995/ "Post natal depression is associated with detrimental...
38) DESPERATE NEED FOR MIDWIVES, IMPROVED TRAINING, DEVELOPMENT OF SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
Desperate need for midwives, improved training, to allow development of skills and experience to...
39) STOP TREATING PEOPLE LIKE IDIOTS! REPLACE THE PRACTICE OF ‘NEED TO KNOW BASIS’ WITH CLARITY ND RESPECT FOR MOTHERS, FATHERS/BIRTH PARTNERS
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/jun/19/ive-been-delivering-babies-for-50-years-what-...
40) TONGUE TIES PETITION APRIL 2017: OVER 5 YEARS AND THEY ARE STILL THINKING ABOUT IT!!!!
How much more havoc must this wreak before it is made mandatory?...
41A) “PATRONISING DISPOSITION OF UNACCOUNTABLE POWER”
On many occasions between May 2019 and March 2021 I requested of Theresa May, Matt Hancock, Nadine...
41B) *Cultural Research is essential to improve our models of maternal/perinatal care.
42) Scandal-hit NHS trust admits negligence over death of six-week-old baby
Hospital trust ‘truly sorry that mistakes were made in care’ of Luchii Gavrilescu, who died after...
43) Maternity services in England need urgent improvement and at least £200m more to reduce unnecessary deaths, says MPs’ report
Maternity services in England need urgent improvement and at least £200m more to reduce...
44) Kent Hospital improves safety rating in latest inspection
East Kent Hospitals have improved according to the Care Quality Commission Shaun Lintern Health...
45) STARK REALITY OF THE EVIDENCE OF DESPERATE SHORTAGE OF MIDWIVES
This week it was reported by William Harvey Hospital Midwifery Staff that due to this shortage of...
46) CEO OF E.K. HOSPITAL TRUST LEAVING HER POST- WE CAN ONLY HOPE THAT HER SUCCESSOR WILL WILLINGLY LISTEN AND ENGAGE WITH OUR CAMPAIGN AND PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS. FROM HER APPOINTMENT IN 2018, A YEAR AFTER REBECCA’S SUICIDE, MS ACOTT DENIED AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE EXISTENCE OF FAILINGS RELATED TO HER LOSS, AND HAS NOW BEEN RIGHTFULLY HELD TO ACCOUNT FOR ALLOWING THE DEVASTATION TO CONTINUE.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/east-kent-hospitals-nhs-trust-maternity-scandal-b1916489.h...
47) THE STRUGGLE IS REAL
There is still a severe shortage of midwives and this is affecting women who are pregnant. Home...
48) 4 MATERNAL SUICIDES MARCH TO MAY 2020
Details of the failings which we are campaigning to improve are in the MBRRACE link below. More...
49) MHRA : MIRTAZAPINE REVIEW
After a long consultation period with the MHRA (Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory...
50) DHSC (The Department for Health and Social Care)
I discovered in October 2021 this year that the DHSC has blocked all future communications with me...
51) MARCH WITH MIDWIVES- BIRTHING CRISIS
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/march-with-midwives-campaign-action-maternity-crisis-b967442.html...
52) New mothers who died of herpes could have been infected by one surgeon – The dangers continue to this day
By James Melley & Michael BuchananBBC News...
53) HOMESTART THE CHARITY : EARLY ASSISTANCE: Our campaign is asking for the Government to reinstate Homestart as a mandatory service that is adequately funded.
This is an invaluable service to give the early assistance to struggling mothers which effectively...
54) UK HEALTH TRUST SUSPEND HOME BIRTH SERVICES AS MIDWIVES SHORTAGE DEEPENS
‘Crisis’ in maternity care leaves expectant mothers facing difficult births in a hospital or...
55A) ADMINISTRATION VERSUS MATERNITY STAFF AND MOTHERS AND BABIES
WHY HAS THE CAESAREAN RATE IN EAST KENT NHS BEEN AT APPROXIMATELY 32% plus FOR YEARS, YET NHSE`...
55B) ‘Medically unnecessary’ c-sections double in UK as major study warns of global overuse
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/c-section-birth-caesarean-pregnancy-complications-risk-mat...
55C) Are too many women having caesareans?
https://www.babycentre.co.uk/x1029436/are-too-many-women-having-caesareansMedically reviewed by...
56A) Midwives ‘dangerously overworked’, says former Kent NHS worker
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-60074611?fbclid=IwAR2UPZJ7XSoVPce3DjOrz170r7n7mtdRB3hWUj6...
56B) Maternity ‘crisis’ sparks protest by midwives
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-59325058 (See Bulletin 51 and Facebook page)
56C) Midwife shortages having impact on units, says CQC
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-58690632 Essex maternity staff shortages having...
56D) Trust where 15 babies died was short of staff:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-58912154East Kent baby deaths: Trust was short of...
57) East Kent Hospitals maternity staff interviewed as part of Kirkup Review into baby death scandal
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/thanet/news/maternity-staff-quizzed-as-part-of-baby-scandal-review-2610...
58) ‘Her life was in danger’: Woman forced to give birth on dual carriageway speaks of maternity failure
SEE VIDEO...
59) New mothers left alone and in pain as maternity crisis worsens
NHS needs another 2,500 midwives and charity says treatment of women is ‘intolerable in a...
60A) ENDEMIC FAILINGS IN MATERNITY – PERINATAL CARE ACROSS ENGLAND
The financial and psychological price caused by the consistent reluctance of authorities to admit...
60B) DISPARITIES IN MATERNITY STAFF AND RELUCTANCE OF CCG’S TO ACCEPT FAILINGS. AGAIN!!!
See previous Everglow bulletins, IE 55A) Our Everglow Campaign ‘Table of Identified Problems’...
61A) DONNA OCKENDEN’S REPORT MARCH 30TH 2022
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/final-report-of-the-ockenden-review/ockenden-review-summa...
61B) Women and babies remain at risk of unsafe NHS care, experts war
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/mar/29/exclusive-women-and-babies-remain-at-risk-of-unsafe...
62) MARCH WITH MIDWIVES: Open Letter to the Board and CEO of the Royal College of Midwives
TROUBLE AT MILL........
63) THE ART OF MIDWIFERY: EARLY MODERN MIDWIVES IN EUROPE
Routledge London and New York: Edited by Hilary Marland Page 97 ,98 WHEN MIDWIVES LOST GROUND TO...
64) Bullying on NHS maternity units and poor training a risk to safety, MPs told: More evidence of disparities
Midwives are being forced to pay for their own training, the committee hears Shaun LinternHealth...
65) Bringing new mums back from crisis
The NHS mental health units bringing new mums back from crisis It breaks my heart that if Rebecca...
66) The NHS Trust pleads guilty
To those of you who think I should give up, read this and ask yourself why the Richford's haven't....
67) Faye Kirkland on Twitter
Only when mistakes are admitted can they be corrected....
68) Hospital Secrets Uncovered
HOSPITAL SECRETS UNCOVERED https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-57144923 WATCH BBC PANORAMA 7.30PM...
69) HEARTBREAKING – SEPTEMBER 1ST 2019 Archie lived for just 27 minutes.
KENTONLINE.CO.UK Baby died after mum turned away from busy labour ward An expert midwife has told...
70) Everglow Campaign Video
5 years ago Becky was still with us. We need press, media, organisations, and public support to...
71) Families call for Statutory Powers to be added to current toothless inquiry
Please listen to this its very moving and tells many truths. Anyone affected by these Mental...
72) MENTAL HEALTH SHEER INCOMPETENCE: CONSENSUS STATEMENT 2014 REF.
MENTAL HEALTH SHEER INCOMPETENCE: CONSENSUS STATEMENT 2014 REF. POLICY ON DIVULGING INFORMATION TO...
73) UNETHICAL AND DANGEROUS USE OF ELECTRO CONVULSIVE THERAPY IN UK
Why is this banned and restricted in other countries and not the U.K,, and why predominantly is it...
74) EMMA WHALLEY SAYS THE ISSUE OF MOTHERS’ MENTAL HEALTH IS NOT TAKEN SERIOUSLY ENOUGH
She is speaking out in order to raise awareness of the issue of mothers' mental health, saying it...