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Maternity care, Joanna Cherry, Heavy periods

6/22/2026 • 57 min

Maternity care and its shortcomings will be in the spotlight over the next fortnight, as the biggest maternity inquiry in the history of NHS England prepares to report its findings. The independent review by former midwife, Donna Ockenden, has looked into maternity services at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust. Meanwhile new figures from the Royal Colleg… Play episode

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Haley Bennett and Virginia Woolf, The Spinster Cookbook
Dr Precious Lunga on Jon Snow's Alzheimer's, Vaginal microbiome, Mrs Dicke…
Women voters in Makerfield, Scotland cricketers, Peptides, Sex work book
Jo Cox 10 years on, Actor Geraldine James, Swinging investigation
Social media ban, Flower farmers, OnlyFans
Weekend Woman's Hour: Women’s Prize winners, Clare Connor, SEND, Weight, M…
Women's Prize winners, Weight, T20 World Cup, Mental healthcare
Northern Ireland, Kathryn Stockett and Mum's poem in son's exam
Kanye West allegations, SEND, Author Doireann Ní Ghríofa
Clare Connor, Archers BRCA storyline, Yassmin Abdel-Magied
Nottingham Inquiry, Female sexual pleasure, Serena Williams
Weekend Woman's Hour: Gisèle Pelicot and Mother Courage
Emergency C-sections, Hannah Murray, Strip clubs
Al Fayed abuse allegations, Co-housing, Ovarian cancer, Queens
Lady Brittan on false accusations, playwright Anna Jordan on Mother Courag…
Medical school misogyny, Wales’ fastest woman, Marilyn Monroe, HIV & AIDS
Gisèle Pelicot, Women's Tennis, Osteoporosis, Zoe Birkett
Weekend Woman's Hour: Rugby star Ellie Kildunne, Kimberlé Crenshaw
Baroness Jacqui Smith, Global manosphere, Working from bed
Ukrainian Drone Pilot, Young women NEETs, Kimberlé Crenshaw
Rugby star Ellie Kildunne, Abuse scandal update, Women at GCHQ, Kamille
Nursery fees, Linda Bassett, Maria Semple
Women and Wonder
Weekend Woman’s Hour: Dawn French, Alexis Ohanian, Ladies loos on stage
New single-sex spaces guidance, Natalie Cassidy, Southport attack survivors
Alexis Ohanian on women's sport, Shadow banning, Malory Towers on stage, M…
Harshita Brella, England Rugby, Olivia Chaney, Lauren Elkin
Dawn French, Assault in Scottish schools, BBC's Two Weeks in August
Married at First Sight allegations, Falling pupil numbers, Fibromyalgia an…
Weekend Woman's Hour: Loan Sharks, Menopause and ADHD, Bra fitting
Menopause and ADHD, Flatpack World Champion, Women and Crime
Loan sharks, Social media addiction, Canwen Xu
VAWG Minister resignations, Parental domestic homicide, Author Eleanor Ans…
Tracey Neville, Deep fakes and schools, Pensions
Will a woman lead the UN? Play 1536, Bra fitting
Weekend Woman's Hour: Amandaland writer Holly Walsh, Impacts of extreme po…
Prof Clare McGlynn, Running around Britain, Chronic pain
Holly Walsh on Amandaland, novelist Ilona Bannister, Greenlandic mothers i…
AI fitness instructors, Rosalia, Brazilian jiu jitsu
Baby sleep influencers. Christine Dawood, Selena Kay & Cerys Hogg, David A…
How to have difficult conversations
Weekend Woman’s Hour: Maureen Lipman, Women in security, Female birdsong
Primary school suspensions, Chess, Female birdsong
Philippa Perry, Antisemitism, Undiagnosed children, Simone Pennant
Maureen Lipman, Memoirs, Black maternal health, Women in security, Afghan …
Royal state visit to US and Epstein survivors, Abortion law, Plastic waste…
Gaming industry, Unregistered children's care, Sheer fashion, Women's heal…
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