Maternity care disrupted by power cuts, leaks and faulty alarms, review finds

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By Daniel Pye

Clinical care in maternity wards is regularly disrupted by issues such as power outages, water leaks and faulty nurse call systems, a long-term NHS England review has found.

In the last 3 years there have been 14,519 formally reported instances in maternity and neonatal wards of disruptions to clinical care as a direct result of poor physical conditions, according to the report.