Thousands of pregnant women in England are reporting domestic abuse. Midwives are struggling to cope
by Tobi Thomas Health and inequalities correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#78GPA)
Exclusive: Analysis lays bare' something midwives already know from their day-to-day work
About 20,000 disclosures of domestic abuse are estimated to be made to maternity services in England every year, analysis has found.
The figures are likely to be an underestimate of the true scale of disclosures, according to experts, highlighting the role maternity professionals play in identifying abuse.
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