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Hospitals are running low on epidurals for mothers-to-be: Some patients are given no choice over pain relief in delivery room amid shortage
Supplies of epidural kits and the painkiller Remifentanil are both running low Mothers-to-be believed they would be able to choose their pain relief but were told they no longer had a choice The charity Birthrights claimed the limited access to pain relief could be a breach of the Human Rights Act Smiths Medical has been unable to manufacture its usual number of epidural kits for several months By Daily Mail Reporter
Published: 22:04 BST, 7 August 2022 | Updated: 22:06 BST, 7 August 2022
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Women are being denied a choice of pain relief during labour due to a shortage of epidural kits and the drug offered as an alternative, doctors have warned.
Supplies of the kits and the painkiller Remifentanil are so low that some NHS hospitals are denying women their usual right to choose which one they would prefer.
Anaesthetists said this has led to ‘difficult discussions’ with mothers-to-be who had been told that they would have a choice – but were later upset to learn that this was not the case.
And the National Childbirth Trust last night warned the disruption meant some women in labour are facing long delays before receiving pain relief.
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