Breaking the Taboo features on Politics Midlands

Breaking the Taboo Politics Midlands 18th May '25

The launch of Theo Clarke's new book 'Breaking the Taboo: why we need to talk about birth trauma' was highlighted on Politics Midlands today. The piece featured a response from the Care Minister, Stephen Kinnock MP, before a discussion from the panel. Whilst Mr Kinnock responded to the government removing the ring fence allocated to maternity care spending, Ms Clarke is adamant that the government are not doing enough to improve maternity care.

You can watch the piece here, from 13:25.

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