Women must not feel pressure to have ‘ideal birth’, says Yvette Cooper

New UK health secretary Yvette Cooper is rejecting the idea that women need to conform to an 'ideal birth' — signaling a shift in how the health system approaches maternity care. The Guardian reports Cooper is promising root-and-branch reform following a series of damning maternity scandals. Returning to the health department more than two decades after serving as a minister under Tony Blair, Cooper has made maternity and child health a central priority, alongside significant reforms to social care.

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