Phoebe Davis
@phoebeivy.bsky.social
Reporter | The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social
Mostly ✍🏻 about gender (especially how it relates to healthcare 🩺 & the justice system ⚖️ )
✉️ phoebe@theobserver.co.uk
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ she/her
Mostly ✍🏻 about gender (especially how it relates to healthcare 🩺 & the justice system ⚖️ )
✉️ phoebe@theobserver.co.uk
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ she/her
Also in the paper this weekend:
@rachelsylvester.bsky.social on how to fix the fact that the NHS is spending almost as much on clinical negligence claims related to maternity care as it does on maternity care itself
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
@rachelsylvester.bsky.social on how to fix the fact that the NHS is spending almost as much on clinical negligence claims related to maternity care as it does on maternity care itself
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Clinical negligence costs NHS almost the same as it spend...
Maternal death rate has risen 42% in a decade, while ombudsman reports a culture of cover-ups
observer.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Also in the paper this weekend:
@rachelsylvester.bsky.social on how to fix the fact that the NHS is spending almost as much on clinical negligence claims related to maternity care as it does on maternity care itself
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
@rachelsylvester.bsky.social on how to fix the fact that the NHS is spending almost as much on clinical negligence claims related to maternity care as it does on maternity care itself
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Reposted by Phoebe Davis
Also @phoebeivy.bsky.social reveals how top-rated hospitals are being forced to turn away pregnant women fleeing failing maternity units observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Top hospitals turn away pregnant women too scared to use ...
Low care ratings at maternity wards across the country have put immense strain on a small number of units
observer.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Also @phoebeivy.bsky.social reveals how top-rated hospitals are being forced to turn away pregnant women fleeing failing maternity units observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Reposted by Phoebe Davis
Catch up on recent happening in femtech and policing in the UK: @phoebeivy.bsky.social of @theobserveruk.bsky.social recently investigated new national guidance advising police forces to look at internet searches and menstrual tracking apps after pregnancy loss.
❗ bsky.app/profile/phoe...
❗ bsky.app/profile/phoe...
NEW: UK police guidance suggests officers search homes for abortion drugs and check phones for menstrual tracking apps after unexpected pregnancy loss
@theobserveruk.bsky.social
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
@theobserveruk.bsky.social
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Police could search homes and phones after pregnancy loss | The Observer
New national guidance suggests officers look for menstrual tracking apps or abortion drugs
observer.co.uk
June 3, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Catch up on recent happening in femtech and policing in the UK: @phoebeivy.bsky.social of @theobserveruk.bsky.social recently investigated new national guidance advising police forces to look at internet searches and menstrual tracking apps after pregnancy loss.
❗ bsky.app/profile/phoe...
❗ bsky.app/profile/phoe...
Leading abortion providers, medical professionals and legal experts (who were not consulted in producing the guidance) have described it to me as “shocking”, “draconian” and “dystopian”, and are calling for it to be reviewed.
library.college.police.uk/docs/NPCC/Pr...
library.college.police.uk/docs/NPCC/Pr...
library.college.police.uk
May 18, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Leading abortion providers, medical professionals and legal experts (who were not consulted in producing the guidance) have described it to me as “shocking”, “draconian” and “dystopian”, and are calling for it to be reviewed.
library.college.police.uk/docs/NPCC/Pr...
library.college.police.uk/docs/NPCC/Pr...
Background: while trying to find out why women like Nicola Packer (linked) are being investigated for illegal abortions in the UK, I was sent the updated National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) guidance on “child death investigation”
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Prosecuted, shamed and traumatised for mistake of taking abortion pills too late | The Observer
In 2020, Nicola Packer had an abortion - then was arrested and put on trial. Now, found not guilty, she hopes she will be the last woman in history prosecuted under England’s archaic law
observer.co.uk
May 18, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Background: while trying to find out why women like Nicola Packer (linked) are being investigated for illegal abortions in the UK, I was sent the updated National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) guidance on “child death investigation”
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...