If you don’t like it, go private: what my maternity clinic said over scans delay

After a raft of prenatal check-ups were cancelled because of Covid staff shortages, one mother asked how other mums fared. The replies shocked her

Alison, 38, gave birth to her son in June 2021 at a busy London hospital.

We had exemplary care during delivery, and the midwives looking after me during my antenatal care were likewise fantastic," she recalls.