Jeremy Hunt urges medics to do more to improve detection of rare childbirth condition
Exclusive: Former health secretary throws weight behind campaign to boost diagnosis of placenta accreta spectrumJeremy Hunt has urged leading doctors to do more to help maternity specialists detect a rare...
By Denis Campbell Health policy editor · The Guardian World
Exclusive: Former health secretary throws weight behind campaign to boost diagnosis of placenta accreta spectrum Jeremy Hunt has urged leading doctors to do more to help maternity specialists detect a rare complication of childbirth that can lead to a women bleeding to death within minutes. The former health secretary has thrown his weight behind a new campaign, aimed at improving the NHS’s identification of placenta accreta spectrum . The campaign was set up by Amisha Adhia and her husband, Nik, after five hospitals failed to spot that she had PAS. Continue reading...