Marie Stopes Sends 11 Women to Hospital

15.08.2017

A follow up inspection has revealed that the Marie Stopes abortion business is still putting women’s health at risk. 11 women have had to be transferred to hospital from Marie Stopes abortion clinics in just one three month period.

A report by the Care Quality Commission published in December found major safety flaws at the organisation’s clinics, with more than 2,600 serious incidents reported in 2015. Now, a report published after a surprise inspection in February has uncovered a new list of problems and failings.

The new inspection found that 11 women needed emergency transfers to hospital between October and December 2016. One needed surgery to repair her cervix, two received blood transfusions and another had a bacterial infection.

In another two month period, the report says, 373 women had to have follow up treatment following failed abortions.

Other serious failings include the discovery of an unregistered nurse working at the Brixton clinic, consent being obtained from a patient after the abortion had happened, and “issues with infection prevention and control”.

The report states that Marie Stopes has not complied with several of the warning notices served as a result of the original inspection, including one on “Safe care and treatment”. The summary letter from Professor Sir Mike Richards, Chief Inspector of Hospitals, says that the “CQC will be undertaking further enforcement action, monitoring Marie Stopes International closely, and reviewing its progress.”

These further damning revelations come as thousands of people have signed a petition, jointly organised by SPUC and LIFE, calling on the health secretary to strip Marie Stopes International of its licence to perform abortions. MSI carries out 70,000 abortions a year, 60,000 of them paid for by Britain’s National Health Service.

SPUC. August 14.