To: Uk Government Rishi Sunak
Train Midwives, Doctors, Nurses to care for Type 1 Diabetic Pregnancies before lives lost
Our plea begins with a personal story. My daughter nearly lost her life with her unborn baby during the last trimester of her pregnancy due to complications from neglectful deceit by a student doctor posing as a specialist Doctor from the diabetic team arising from type 1 diabetes concerns .He lied to the midwives claiming he was a specialist .Read the post updates for the accurate diary of my daughter to which we wrote .
However looking at the medical register which is open to the public he is a Doctor only as a student in diabetes but must be supervised when practising.
It was a near-death situation as her body went into ketone danger shutdown, confusing the medical staff of inaccurate records written by him self and then after due to inaccurate readings from the Dexcom device. Thankfully, my daughter's knowledge of her own body saved both hers and her baby's lives. One strip thats what it was and by a miracle if you like a gift from an unknown source that strip mordaciously appeared in the canister where I was running around for the strips to each chemist to get them .If that one strip was not found my daughter would of not been able to relay the truth of what was happening .I came back after many chemists local and said I just couldnt find any .
However looking at the medical register which is open to the public he is a Doctor only as a student in diabetes but must be supervised when practising.
It was a near-death situation as her body went into ketone danger shutdown, confusing the medical staff of inaccurate records written by him self and then after due to inaccurate readings from the Dexcom device. Thankfully, my daughter's knowledge of her own body saved both hers and her baby's lives. One strip thats what it was and by a miracle if you like a gift from an unknown source that strip mordaciously appeared in the canister where I was running around for the strips to each chemist to get them .If that one strip was not found my daughter would of not been able to relay the truth of what was happening .I came back after many chemists local and said I just couldnt find any .
Why is this important?
By Catherine Burns & Alison Benjamin
Health Correspondent & BBC Verify
Well well well truth finally now @bbcpointswest didnt listen to me so you did thank you people .
England's healthcare regulator has told BBC News that maternity units currently have the poorest safety ratings of any hospital service it inspects.
BBC analysis of Care Quality Commission (CQC) records showed it deemed two-thirds (67%) of them not to be safe enough, up from 55% last autumn.
The "deterioration" follows efforts to improve NHS maternity care, and is blamed partly on a midwife shortage.
The government said maternity care was of the "utmost importance".
The Department for Heath and Social Care (DHSC) said £165m a year was being invested in boosting the maternity workforce, but said "we know there is more to do".
The BBC's analysis also revealed the proportion of maternity units with the poorest safety ranking of "inadequate" - meaning that there is a high risk of avoidable harm to mother or baby - has more than doubled from 7% to 15% since September 2022.
This is not an isolated incident; it underscores a critical gap in our healthcare system - the lack of training for midwives, doctors, and nursery nurses in managing pregnancies complicated by type 1 diabetes. According to Diabetes UK (2019), approximately 700 women with type 1 or type 2 diabetes experience serious health complications during pregnancy each year that could be prevented with better care.
We need urgent action to ensure that all healthcare professionals involved in prenatal and postnatal care are adequately trained in managing pregnancies affected by type 1 diabetes. This includes understanding how to interpret blood glucose monitoring devices accurately and how to respond effectively when these devices give incorrect readings.
We cannot afford more near-miss stories like my daughter's or worse still - tragic outcomes due to inadequate training. We urge health authorities across the country to prioritize this issue immediately.
Health Correspondent & BBC Verify
Well well well truth finally now @bbcpointswest didnt listen to me so you did thank you people .
England's healthcare regulator has told BBC News that maternity units currently have the poorest safety ratings of any hospital service it inspects.
BBC analysis of Care Quality Commission (CQC) records showed it deemed two-thirds (67%) of them not to be safe enough, up from 55% last autumn.
The "deterioration" follows efforts to improve NHS maternity care, and is blamed partly on a midwife shortage.
The government said maternity care was of the "utmost importance".
The Department for Heath and Social Care (DHSC) said £165m a year was being invested in boosting the maternity workforce, but said "we know there is more to do".
The BBC's analysis also revealed the proportion of maternity units with the poorest safety ranking of "inadequate" - meaning that there is a high risk of avoidable harm to mother or baby - has more than doubled from 7% to 15% since September 2022.
This is not an isolated incident; it underscores a critical gap in our healthcare system - the lack of training for midwives, doctors, and nursery nurses in managing pregnancies complicated by type 1 diabetes. According to Diabetes UK (2019), approximately 700 women with type 1 or type 2 diabetes experience serious health complications during pregnancy each year that could be prevented with better care.
We need urgent action to ensure that all healthcare professionals involved in prenatal and postnatal care are adequately trained in managing pregnancies affected by type 1 diabetes. This includes understanding how to interpret blood glucose monitoring devices accurately and how to respond effectively when these devices give incorrect readings.
We cannot afford more near-miss stories like my daughter's or worse still - tragic outcomes due to inadequate training. We urge health authorities across the country to prioritize this issue immediately.
