We’re not too posh to push, we’re terrified of the NHS, say mums as C-sections overtake natural births for first time

EMMA CUSDEN had always assumed she would give birth naturally. But once she became pregnant that calm assumption quickly ...

Voices: There is a hidden cost to the NHS’s big push for caesarean births

I coined the phrase ‘Too posh to push’ – now I worry we’re having too many caesareans - COMMENT: As the NHS reveals that ...

Cutting costs

Our data analysis of over 1,700 hospitals across the US suggests that for-profit healthcare systems appear more susceptible ...
Becker's Hospital Review

C-section rates falling, but still too high at many hospitals, Leapfrog says

While hospitals have made progress in improving maternal care outcomes in two of three areas, there is more work to be done on reducing the number of cesarean sections, according to The Leapfrog Group ...
Rolling Out

Black moms face 20% higher C-section risk at same hospitals

A comprehensive investigation released last week reveals that Black women are significantly more likely to undergo cesarean sections during childbirth than white women at the same hospitals, ...
The New York Times

These Hospitals Figured Out How to Slash C-Section Rates

Financial and social incentives can nudge doctors away from the operating room. By Sarah Kliff and Bianca Pallaro Sarah Kliff reported from Rochester, N.Y. Bianca Pallaro analyzed historical C-section ...

How Business Insider investigated C-sections at over 1,700 American hospitals

Hospitals don't always publicly disclose their C-section rates, so we compiled our own data from over 1,700 hospitals. Here's ...

Your birth stories: 'I had heart failure during a c-section - then my partner was told to leave'

Readers are getting in touch after Sky News spoke to three women who suffered traumatic births in NHS England hospitals. Find ...
Newsday

C-section rates remain higher at Long Island hospitals despite risks

Doctors perform cesarean sections more frequently at Long Island hospitals than at counterparts elsewhere in New York, even though the surgery poses greater risks to mothers than vaginal births, a ...