Jeremy Hunt urges medics to do more to improve detection of rare childbirth condition

Exclusive: Former health secretary throws weight behind campaign to boost diagnosis of placenta accreta spectrum

Jeremy Hunt has urged leading doctors to do more to help maternity specialists detect a rare complication of childbirth that can lead to a women bleeding to death within minutes.

The former health secretary has thrown his weight behind a new campaign, aimed at improving the NHS's identification of placenta accreta spectrum. The campaign was set up by Amisha Adhia and her husband, Nik, after five hospitals failed to spot that she had PAS.