Maternity provision in the North Tees Hospital ‘Traumatic’

A mother who says that she stayed with chronic pain a year after the birth has called for an NHS trust be put into special measures.

The 31 -year -old Niki Cotson gave birth to the North Tea Tea Hospital in Stockton in April 2024, before he was poor care.

Miss Cotson, who has accumulated more than 700 signatures for her petition, in which special measures in North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation are imposed, said: “My work and postnatal care were traumatic.”

The hospital said that it was always “dedicated to ensure a safe, high -quality care of all of our patients”, and it was still an attempt to remove all the concerns expressed.

In the latest inspection of the Care Quality Commission (CQC) in 2022, both the childbirth station and the hospital received an evaluation of the “required improvement”.

Miss Cotson said that, although she was not in established workers, her waters were artificially broken for which she said she had not received a reasonable explanation.

She said: “After the birth, I was promised a spine block to cope with my pain, but this was withdrawn without explanation.

“Instead, I was given dihydrocodeine during breastfeeding without warning of the risks.

“My baby was excessively sleepy, poorly fed and then complications.”

After being released, the 31-year-old said that she had never received a postpartum check.

Now, a little more than a year later, said Miss Cotson, she lived with chronic pain, prolapse, fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue.

She said her son continued to fight with health problems, including digestive problems.

Other women have reported to support them and informed their experiences in the Stockton maternity ward.

Nikki Stainsby, 35, from Hartlepool, reflected on her “terrible” experiences when she gave birth to in October 2020.

She described that she was brought to a station only an hour after the birth and was still left in the same blood -stained leaves for 12 hours.

“Only when I said I would get up and change them that they were finally changed and there was no offer to help with the pain,” she said.

Miss Stainsby received stitches immediately after birth, but weeks later they tore them on.

She added: “I returned to the doctors who sent me to a gynecologist who told me that they were wrong and I would have to cut them openly and resume again.

“It was terrible and my mood during this time was terrible.”

A spokesman for the North Tea Tea Hospital Trust said: “We continue to offer open communication lines to try to pronounce concerns.

“The trust works to support a complainant who raises concerns in our organization.

“We would encourage cooperation with our patient experience team to ensure that individual cases are treated appropriately.

“We always strive to ensure safe, high -quality care for all of our patients.

“We continue to work closely with the Commission for Nursing Quality to ensure that all measures identified in our inspection of 2022 were enacted.”

NHS England was addressed for a comment.