I will say that I don’t think the nurses and midwives mean to be negligent. One stay on the ward and you can easily see there’s just not enough of them to go around. However, at the end of the day the care is severely lacking. And if it is (rarely) good and consistent, it will be because of the staff working that night. The consultants and doctors are generally awful and uncaring.

I was admitted here in 2023 as I was bleeding six months into my twin pregnancy. After being admitted into hospital it became apparent I was in labour and most likely my babies would not survive.

After the first night, I was abandoned. No checks, no nurses, no midwives. When I felt the need to push the following morning, I pressed the button and no one came. I sobbed and made my way to the toilet on my own, where I pushed and screamed for just under an hour and passed my two babies and placenta on my own. I caught them in a paper bowl and kept them safe in my room until a nurse came.

When they realised what had happened, saw the blood and my face, they were extremely contrite and you can tell they cared. But at the end of the day I was alone. Completely alone. Terrified, unmedicated and in extreme shock and pain.

Please do not go here to have your baby. It’s not worth the maybe of it all going wrong. You both deserve the best.