28 days ago · England
Thousands of pregnant women in England are reporting domestic abuse. Midwives are struggling to cope
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a general story. The Guardian UK is the outlet attached so far. The reports are tied to England. The first report grouped here was at 20 Sept 2026, 06:00 UTC. The headline in use is “Thousands of pregnant women in England are reporting domestic abuse. Midwives are struggling to cope”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Exclusive: Analysis ‘lays bare’ something midwives already know from their day-to-day work About 20,000 disclosures of domestic abuse are estimated to be made to maternity services in England every year, analysis has found. The figures are likely to be an underestimate of the true scale of disclosures, according to experts…
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- First reported by The Guardian UK
Thousands of pregnant women in England are reporting domestic abuse. Midwives are struggling to cope
Reported by 1 outlet
- The Guardian