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Two mums have spoken out over their experiences of maternity and neonatal services in Scotland amid calls for a national investigation into standards of care. ‌

Claire Fleming and Zoe Lawson opened up about what they described as an "obvious" decline in standards in recent years. ‌

It comes as John Swinney has faced demands from Scottish Labour for an urgent review after inspectors raised "serious concerns" about maternity services at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. ‌

A previous inspection at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee raised concerns about staff shortages and delays in assessing expectant mothers.

Labour warned there were also issues in rural communities with some mothers having to travel more than 100 miles to give birth.

Claire, who lives near Stranr

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