Women face judgemental attitudes and disrespect'
But women can also opt to have one for personal reasons – although Birthrights' research has revealed many hospitals have reservations about offering them.
Rebecca Schiller, chief executive of Birthrights, said: 'It is clear that women requesting caesarean sections meet judgemental attitudes, barriers and disrespect more often than they find compassion and support.
'We are concerned that this lack of respect for patient dignity could have profound negative consequences for the emotional and physical safety for women.'
Oxfordshire hospital policy to refuse all request caesareans
Birthrights found that the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxfordshire had a policy in place to refuse all maternal request caesareans.
Lawyers for the charity have since written to the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust and Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group asking for more information on the policy.
One woman who requested a caesarean at the John Radcliffe Hospital in 2017 said she was made to feel 'like a child being told off for doing something wrong'.
'Trusts are bound by human rights'
Birthrights’ programmes director, Maria Booker, said: 'Trusts are bound by human rights duties to offer individualised care.
'Any statement or policy from a trust that caesarean would only be granted on medical grounds may be incompatible with trusts’ obligations to have an open, supportive, two-way discussion that explores all reasonable options.'
She added that any policy applied in a blanket way may be incompatible with human rights law.
ٍsource :http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-6081889/Majority-NHS-trusts-refusing-offer-caesareans-request-study.html
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