Angela Constance: “The bigger issue is around reducing avoidable hospital admissions.”

The measure of our preparedness is not whether pressures arise, it is how effectively we respond to those pressures.

I want to be clear and transparent that we will be facing a difficult period.

While the vast majority of mothers receive good care, I have heard from families who were let down, and from those who have bravely shared their experiences of loss – these are powerful stories. Their experiences must shape improvement.

No, I am not not reappraising the clinical evidence or or the model, but I always listen very carefully to people with lived experience.