The overwhelming majority of written submissions [from women about NHS maternity services] referred to a lack of kindness or compassion on the part of the health professionals looking after them.” At ...

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Lloyd Bradley is a music journalist, writing contributions to NME in the 1980s and then for Q, MOJO and many more over the years. He is also the author of Bass Culture: When Reggae Was King, (2001).

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