James Titcombe
@jamestitcombe.bsky.social
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🚨 INVESTIGATION: Britain's maternity crisis has deeper roots, extending into the universities trusted to train the next generation of midwives. A majority are still promoting a normal birth ideology while women are more complex than ever:
READ: www.thetimes.com/article/b4fe...
READ: www.thetimes.com/article/b4fe...
Stop promoting natural birth ideology, midwife courses told
Despite a litany of scandals, universities are still pushing ‘normal birth’ over medical interventions. Now our investigation has prompted the regulator to act
www.thetimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:29 PM
🚨 INVESTIGATION: Britain's maternity crisis has deeper roots, extending into the universities trusted to train the next generation of midwives. A majority are still promoting a normal birth ideology while women are more complex than ever:
READ: www.thetimes.com/article/b4fe...
READ: www.thetimes.com/article/b4fe...
Reposted by James Titcombe
The cycle of constant, repeated (affected?) shock and horror
November 5, 2025 at 4:34 PM
The cycle of constant, repeated (affected?) shock and horror
November 5, 2025 at 11:55 AM
“A midwife who worked at OUH until 2023…told me that even after the trust had changed its policy on MRCS in March 2021, a culture of promoting “natural” births remained…”
www.newstatesman.com/politics/hea...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/hea...
Britain's next maternity scandal
A four-month investigation with Channel 4 News reveals harrowing failings at one of Britain's most prestigious hospitals
www.newstatesman.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:04 AM
“A midwife who worked at OUH until 2023…told me that even after the trust had changed its policy on MRCS in March 2021, a culture of promoting “natural” births remained…”
www.newstatesman.com/politics/hea...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/hea...
Finally back home after 35 hours of travel - and the weather here is just like it was in Vietnam 🤣 🌧️ 🇻🇳
November 3, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Finally back home after 35 hours of travel - and the weather here is just like it was in Vietnam 🤣 🌧️ 🇻🇳
Keeping a little travel blog for the next 16 days - as a travel from the South to the North of Vietnam to remember Joshua and raise funds for Baby Lifeline. 🛵🇻🇳
#RememberingJoshua
vietnamsolotrip.travel.blog/2025/10/16/r...
#RememberingJoshua
vietnamsolotrip.travel.blog/2025/10/16/r...
Day 1 – Manchester to Ho Chi Minh City
I set off from Cumbria at midday, catching a train to Manchester Airport and arriving just after 2pm. The first leg was a quick hop to Amsterdam with easyJet – only an hour and a half. After …
vietnamsolotrip.travel.blog
October 16, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Keeping a little travel blog for the next 16 days - as a travel from the South to the North of Vietnam to remember Joshua and raise funds for Baby Lifeline. 🛵🇻🇳
#RememberingJoshua
vietnamsolotrip.travel.blog/2025/10/16/r...
#RememberingJoshua
vietnamsolotrip.travel.blog/2025/10/16/r...
Just setting off for Ho Chi Minh City to start my solo 16 day motorbike ride from the south to the north of Vietmam to raise funds for @babylifeline & remember Joshua on his 17th birthday.
Thanks to everyone who has supported me 🙏🏻 🛵🇻🇳
#VietnamRideForBabyLifeline
Thanks to everyone who has supported me 🙏🏻 🛵🇻🇳
#VietnamRideForBabyLifeline
October 15, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Just setting off for Ho Chi Minh City to start my solo 16 day motorbike ride from the south to the north of Vietmam to raise funds for @babylifeline & remember Joshua on his 17th birthday.
Thanks to everyone who has supported me 🙏🏻 🛵🇻🇳
#VietnamRideForBabyLifeline
Thanks to everyone who has supported me 🙏🏻 🛵🇻🇳
#VietnamRideForBabyLifeline
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Our latest #PatientSafety newsletter from @jeremyhuntmp.bsky.social is now available via @HSJnews here:-
www.hsj.co.uk/patient-safe...
www.hsj.co.uk/patient-safe...
Patient Safety Watch: Some progress but blame culture still persists
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chair Jeremy Hunt
www.hsj.co.uk
October 10, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Our latest #PatientSafety newsletter from @jeremyhuntmp.bsky.social is now available via @HSJnews here:-
www.hsj.co.uk/patient-safe...
www.hsj.co.uk/patient-safe...
Just over a week to go before I embark on a 2000km ride from the south to the north of Vietnam in memory of Joshua & to raise funds for @babylifeline. Hugely grateful for the support so far 🙏🏻🇻🇳🛵
#VietnamRideForBabyLifeline #RememberingJoshua
www.gofundme.com/f/vietnam-so...
#VietnamRideForBabyLifeline #RememberingJoshua
www.gofundme.com/f/vietnam-so...
Donate to Vietnam Solo Ride for Baby Lifeline, organized by James Titcombe
From 16th October to 2nd November, I’m riding a motorbike solo from Ho Chi Minh Cit… James Titcombe needs your support for Vietnam Solo Ride for Baby Lifeline
www.gofundme.com
October 5, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Just over a week to go before I embark on a 2000km ride from the south to the north of Vietnam in memory of Joshua & to raise funds for @babylifeline. Hugely grateful for the support so far 🙏🏻🇻🇳🛵
#VietnamRideForBabyLifeline #RememberingJoshua
www.gofundme.com/f/vietnam-so...
#VietnamRideForBabyLifeline #RememberingJoshua
www.gofundme.com/f/vietnam-so...
Up early for a day of delivering PSIRF engagement training in Lancaster with Morecambe Bay teams…
September 22, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Up early for a day of delivering PSIRF engagement training in Lancaster with Morecambe Bay teams…
Top marks form the girls for today’s effort :-) #sundayroast
September 21, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Top marks form the girls for today’s effort :-) #sundayroast
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Operation Anzu has seen hundreds of families sent letters by the NHS asking them to contact Staffordshire police, after a trawl of thousands of records for patients seen by this doctor:
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: An NHS doctor accused of sexually assaulting multiple patients, including children, while working in 2 hospital A&Es is expected to be charged within weeks after the conclusion of a 4-year police investigation
www.thetimes.com/article/a3ac...
www.thetimes.com/article/a3ac...
NHS doctor set to be charged with sexually assaulting children
Staffordshire police have concluded an investigation known as Operation Anzu and are talking to prosecutors
www.thetimes.com
September 21, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Operation Anzu has seen hundreds of families sent letters by the NHS asking them to contact Staffordshire police, after a trawl of thousands of records for patients seen by this doctor:
Agree, this is really significant and hugely welcome step forward.
One of the best things in the Hillsborough Law Bill is not the duty of candour on public officials, as welcome as that is, but news that bereaved families will have publicly funded legal representation at inquests. Finally an equality of arms that's been lacking for so long
September 20, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Agree, this is really significant and hugely welcome step forward.
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One of the best things in the Hillsborough Law Bill is not the duty of candour on public officials, as welcome as that is, but news that bereaved families will have publicly funded legal representation at inquests. Finally an equality of arms that's been lacking for so long
September 16, 2025 at 6:47 AM
One of the best things in the Hillsborough Law Bill is not the duty of candour on public officials, as welcome as that is, but news that bereaved families will have publicly funded legal representation at inquests. Finally an equality of arms that's been lacking for so long
A lovely time at the Lantern Festival in Ulverston with my daughter this evening - and the rain didn’t spoil the fireworks at all 😊
September 20, 2025 at 8:41 PM
A lovely time at the Lantern Festival in Ulverston with my daughter this evening - and the rain didn’t spoil the fireworks at all 😊
A wet and grey day in Cumbria - daughter is back from Uni for the weekend so cooking a roast and lighting a fire :-)
September 20, 2025 at 2:01 PM
A wet and grey day in Cumbria - daughter is back from Uni for the weekend so cooking a roast and lighting a fire :-)
Enjoyed speaking with Liz and Darren from RLDatix at the HSJ Patient Safety Congress this week about maternity safety and the newly announced Amos investigation ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️
youtu.be/R_dW1uJ1aYQ
youtu.be/R_dW1uJ1aYQ
World Patient Safety Day: James Titcombe OBE on Safer Maternity Care from the Start
YouTube video by The Connection Podcast by RLDatix
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September 18, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Enjoyed speaking with Liz and Darren from RLDatix at the HSJ Patient Safety Congress this week about maternity safety and the newly announced Amos investigation ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️
youtu.be/R_dW1uJ1aYQ
youtu.be/R_dW1uJ1aYQ
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Good to see East Kent (and Yeovil!) among others on this list of Trusts to be reviewed by Baroness Amos & her team. I'll be discussing maternity care with @dockendenltd.bsky.social, @shaunlintern.bsky.social & @jamestitcombe.bsky.social at the @hsj.co.uk Congress tmw. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Maternity care: 14 NHS trusts to be investigated over 'failures'
Families impacted have criticised the review, calling it
www.bbc.co.uk
September 15, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Good to see East Kent (and Yeovil!) among others on this list of Trusts to be reviewed by Baroness Amos & her team. I'll be discussing maternity care with @dockendenltd.bsky.social, @shaunlintern.bsky.social & @jamestitcombe.bsky.social at the @hsj.co.uk Congress tmw. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A fun day with my daughter yesterday :-)
September 14, 2025 at 8:12 AM
A fun day with my daughter yesterday :-)
Around Joshua’s birthday is always a difficult time of year for me - so this year I’m doing something a bit different to raise money for @babylifeline.bsky.social
Hugely grateful for the support & kindness already shown 🙏
#RememberingJoshua
www.nwemail.co.uk/news/2545829...
Hugely grateful for the support & kindness already shown 🙏
#RememberingJoshua
www.nwemail.co.uk/news/2545829...
Dad embarks on 2000km fundraiser in memory of son who died after nine days
James Titcombe lost his son Joshua in 2008 due to failures in maternity care and will be using the anniversary to support Baby Lifeline.
www.nwemail.co.uk
September 13, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Around Joshua’s birthday is always a difficult time of year for me - so this year I’m doing something a bit different to raise money for @babylifeline.bsky.social
Hugely grateful for the support & kindness already shown 🙏
#RememberingJoshua
www.nwemail.co.uk/news/2545829...
Hugely grateful for the support & kindness already shown 🙏
#RememberingJoshua
www.nwemail.co.uk/news/2545829...
This October, I’m riding solo by motorbike from Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi - nearly 2,000km - in memory of Joshua & to raise funds for the brilliant charity @babylifeline who do amazing work to support safer maternity care.
www.gofundme.com/f/vietnam-so...
www.gofundme.com/f/vietnam-so...
Donate to Vietnam Solo Ride for Baby Lifeline, organized by James Titcombe
From 16th October to 2nd November, I’m riding a motorbike solo from Ho Chi Minh Cit… James Titcombe needs your support for Vietnam Solo Ride for Baby Lifeline
www.gofundme.com
August 31, 2025 at 9:47 AM
This October, I’m riding solo by motorbike from Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi - nearly 2,000km - in memory of Joshua & to raise funds for the brilliant charity @babylifeline who do amazing work to support safer maternity care.
www.gofundme.com/f/vietnam-so...
www.gofundme.com/f/vietnam-so...
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Sir Keir Starmer’s plan to overhaul the NHS has been thrown into chaos after no money has been set aside to cover the costs of making thousands of redundancies at ICBs www.thetimes.com/article/14b7...
Starmer’s NHS reforms thrown into chaos by ‘£1bn layoff bill’
Patients could be put at risk as the one-off cost of redundancies, estimated at between £600 million and £1 billion, puts staff and services in limbo
www.thetimes.com
August 10, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Sir Keir Starmer’s plan to overhaul the NHS has been thrown into chaos after no money has been set aside to cover the costs of making thousands of redundancies at ICBs www.thetimes.com/article/14b7...
