More than 1,000 women have died before, during and after childbirth since 2010 and analysis seen by Channel 4 News suggests more than half might have survived with better care.
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On Tuesday, the independent review of maternal and neonatal deaths in England by Baroness Valerie Amos will be published, and is expected to highlight serious failures in the system.
We spoke to Ric Hart, whose wife suffered multiple cardiac arrests after doctors used excessive force during childbirth.
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