Calls for Maternity Care That Listens to Every Woman
At UKHLSI’s Women’s Healthcare and FemTech Summit, Wendy Olayiwola warned that maternity inequalities are preventable and called for action across the NHS, government and wider society.
At UKHLSI’s Women’s Healthcare and FemTech Summit, Wendy Olayiwola warned that maternity inequalities are preventable and called for action across the NHS, government and wider society.
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Catherine Thompson’s foreword to Reframing Women’s Health: From Fragmentation To System Reform explains the challenge in women’s health is not a lack of evidence, but a failure to implement proven models consistently.
Baroness Amos’ review exposes a maternity system where warnings were missed, families were ignored, and repeated failures were allowed to become a national pattern.
Curia’s new women’s health report commissioned by UK Healthcare and Life Sciences Innovation (UKHLSI) argues that the next phase of women’s health reform must focus on delivery, with community-based care, better access, and stronger accountability replacing fragmented services and local variation.
The Government’s refreshed Women’s Health Strategy is a shift towards accountability and integrated care – but without sustained investment and delivery clarity, its full impact remains uncertain.
Women’s health is no longer a side issue – it is shaping workforce participation, NHS capacity and economic resilience, and the cost of inaction is already being paid.
From workforce participation to NHS capacity, women’s health is shaping the UK’s economic performance whether policymakers choose to acknowledge it or not.
We Don’t Need Another Maternity Inquiry – We Need Action to Save Mothers and Babies Now
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