The CQC report should make worrying reading for NHS leaders.

It certainly does for expectant mothers and their loved ones.

There have been marginal improvements (usually by one or two percentage points) in some areas of care, such as better communication around antenatal care or women being given enough time to ask questions about their pregnancies.

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'I felt entirely expendable'

But what is clear is that far too many women felt they were not listened to or felt unsafe when left unattended at important times during labour.

The most disappointing thing about these findings is that this is exactly what has been exposed during one maternity scandal after another.

Mothers feeling unsafe, their worries brushed aside and

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