Rebecca Matthews
@rebeccamatthewspsy.bsky.social
Sr Lecturer in Educ & Child Development. PhD Psychology student. Former primary teacher. Mum of 2. Interests- #birthtrauma, #maternitysafety, #ReproEthics, child development, parenting, BCYP mental health, education & learning. Opinions own.
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It is disgraceful that hospital staff unlawfully accessed the medical records of the victims of the Nottingham attacks.
These were cruel, selfish actions that violated the privacy of the victims and were deeply hurtful for their loved ones. 1/2
These were cruel, selfish actions that violated the privacy of the victims and were deeply hurtful for their loved ones. 1/2
May 21, 2026 at 7:42 PM
It is disgraceful that hospital staff unlawfully accessed the medical records of the victims of the Nottingham attacks.
These were cruel, selfish actions that violated the privacy of the victims and were deeply hurtful for their loved ones. 1/2
These were cruel, selfish actions that violated the privacy of the victims and were deeply hurtful for their loved ones. 1/2
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Full story 👇
Libel lawyers cast clients as underdogs in bid to halt anti-SLAPP law
London lawyers used a private government meeting to throw mud at the press and describe their super-rich clients as locked in a ‘David and Goliath’ battle
www.thebureauinvestigates.com
May 14, 2026 at 9:56 AM
Full story 👇
“If Jeffrey Epstein had been English, we may well have never known about his crimes” This is why Anti-SLAPP legislation matters for every victim…
A compelling overview by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social & @jennacorderoy.bsky.social
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/how-lawyers-…
A compelling overview by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social & @jennacorderoy.bsky.social
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/how-lawyers-…
https://democracyforsale.substack.com/p/how-lawyers-…
May 17, 2026 at 6:19 PM
“If Jeffrey Epstein had been English, we may well have never known about his crimes” This is why Anti-SLAPP legislation matters for every victim…
A compelling overview by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social & @jennacorderoy.bsky.social
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/how-lawyers-…
A compelling overview by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social & @jennacorderoy.bsky.social
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/how-lawyers-…
Fully behind the Reading Rights campaign by @Booktrust. We can’t expect to see improvements in R4P or shared reading unless we look at the root causes- austerity, cost of living crisis, childcare costs, mental health crisis…all play a critical part. #ReadingRights #Booksaremybag
Waterstones Children’s Laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce has used his Laureate Lecture at the Royal Institution in London to call for urgent national action on the children’s reading crisis, as new research from BookTrust shows decline in daily shared reading among young families👇
Frank Cottrell-Boyce calls for national action on children's reading crisis
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May 16, 2026 at 7:07 AM
Fully behind the Reading Rights campaign by @Booktrust. We can’t expect to see improvements in R4P or shared reading unless we look at the root causes- austerity, cost of living crisis, childcare costs, mental health crisis…all play a critical part. #ReadingRights #Booksaremybag
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#UK: The absence of anti-SLAPP measures in the King’s Speech is deeply disappointing.
Once again, the government has failed to protect British courts from abusive lawsuits that threaten free speech.
We won’t give up. The fight to #StopSLAPPs continues ⬇️
antislapp.uk/2026/05/13/k...
Once again, the government has failed to protect British courts from abusive lawsuits that threaten free speech.
We won’t give up. The fight to #StopSLAPPs continues ⬇️
antislapp.uk/2026/05/13/k...
May 13, 2026 at 11:39 AM
#UK: The absence of anti-SLAPP measures in the King’s Speech is deeply disappointing.
Once again, the government has failed to protect British courts from abusive lawsuits that threaten free speech.
We won’t give up. The fight to #StopSLAPPs continues ⬇️
antislapp.uk/2026/05/13/k...
Once again, the government has failed to protect British courts from abusive lawsuits that threaten free speech.
We won’t give up. The fight to #StopSLAPPs continues ⬇️
antislapp.uk/2026/05/13/k...
In March I spoke at a parliamentary roundtable about the impact of SLAPPs (Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation). We are calling for Anti-SLAPP legislation to be introduced in the U.K.. Will it feature in the #KingsSpeech? #StopSLAPPs
May 13, 2026 at 9:58 AM
In March I spoke at a parliamentary roundtable about the impact of SLAPPs (Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation). We are calling for Anti-SLAPP legislation to be introduced in the U.K.. Will it feature in the #KingsSpeech? #StopSLAPPs
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Your slow news story for the day: Death rates for cervical cancer in the United Kingdom have fallen by 80% since 1950 from 8.6 deaths per 100,000 women to 1.7
ourworldindata.org/data-insight... @ourworldindata.org
ourworldindata.org/data-insight... @ourworldindata.org
April 20, 2026 at 8:05 AM
Your slow news story for the day: Death rates for cervical cancer in the United Kingdom have fallen by 80% since 1950 from 8.6 deaths per 100,000 women to 1.7
ourworldindata.org/data-insight... @ourworldindata.org
ourworldindata.org/data-insight... @ourworldindata.org
Given your comment @ollyglover.bsky.social at today’s Westminster Hall debate that the @MatNeoInv, will you support your constituents’ calls for a #publicinquiry into maternity & neonatal services at #OxfordUniversityHospitals?
FamiliesFailedbyOUH.co.uk
#MaternitySafety
FamiliesFailedbyOUH.co.uk
#MaternitySafety
Families Failed by OUH Maternity Services | Maternity care failings in Oxfordshire
Families Failed by OUH Maternity Services is a campaign calling for an independent inquiry into maternity care at Oxford University Hospitals.
FamiliesFailedbyOUH.co.uk
April 20, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Given your comment @ollyglover.bsky.social at today’s Westminster Hall debate that the @MatNeoInv, will you support your constituents’ calls for a #publicinquiry into maternity & neonatal services at #OxfordUniversityHospitals?
FamiliesFailedbyOUH.co.uk
#MaternitySafety
FamiliesFailedbyOUH.co.uk
#MaternitySafety
Would really love your thoughts @ginnybraun.bsky.social & @vicclarke.bsky.social - I’ve written 2 papers for my PhD from one qualitative study (analysed using RTA) but I have so, so much more to draw on & discuss. Is there a limit to how many times you can use one data set?
April 18, 2026 at 8:23 AM
Would really love your thoughts @ginnybraun.bsky.social & @vicclarke.bsky.social - I’ve written 2 papers for my PhD from one qualitative study (analysed using RTA) but I have so, so much more to draw on & discuss. Is there a limit to how many times you can use one data set?
OUH has apologised for presenting incorrect stillbirth data to Oxfordshire’s health scrutiny committee in January. Inaccurate data is the least of what was withheld from that committee & Families Failed by OUH Maternity Services made that clear to JHOSC last week… 🧵
April 17, 2026 at 6:24 PM
OUH has apologised for presenting incorrect stillbirth data to Oxfordshire’s health scrutiny committee in January. Inaccurate data is the least of what was withheld from that committee & Families Failed by OUH Maternity Services made that clear to JHOSC last week… 🧵
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The King's Speech is next month but there's still time to prod and push the gov to include an Anti-SLAPP commitment - that will mean parliamentary time will be given to this issue that already benefits from cross-party support. Here is a letter you can send to your MP - antislapp.uk/solutions/ta...
Take Action
Join the movement calling for statutory anti-SLAPP protections to ensure we are all free to speak out.
antislapp.uk
April 15, 2026 at 1:45 PM
The King's Speech is next month but there's still time to prod and push the gov to include an Anti-SLAPP commitment - that will mean parliamentary time will be given to this issue that already benefits from cross-party support. Here is a letter you can send to your MP - antislapp.uk/solutions/ta...
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We are proud to support the UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition's day of action today to #StopSLAPPs. The law needs to protect those who speaking out against corruption.
We are supporting the call for universal anti-SLAPP legislation to be included in the King's Speech.
We are supporting the call for universal anti-SLAPP legislation to be included in the King's Speech.
April 15, 2026 at 3:19 PM
We are proud to support the UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition's day of action today to #StopSLAPPs. The law needs to protect those who speaking out against corruption.
We are supporting the call for universal anti-SLAPP legislation to be included in the King's Speech.
We are supporting the call for universal anti-SLAPP legislation to be included in the King's Speech.
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OCCRP joins the UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition and a cross-industry "Day of Action" to demand urgent legislative protections against Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs).
For more on this issue, read OCCRP’s full statement here:
buff.ly/cEkJbXo
#StopSLAPPs
For more on this issue, read OCCRP’s full statement here:
buff.ly/cEkJbXo
#StopSLAPPs
April 15, 2026 at 3:29 PM
OCCRP joins the UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition and a cross-industry "Day of Action" to demand urgent legislative protections against Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs).
For more on this issue, read OCCRP’s full statement here:
buff.ly/cEkJbXo
#StopSLAPPs
For more on this issue, read OCCRP’s full statement here:
buff.ly/cEkJbXo
#StopSLAPPs
Today is the #StopSLAPPs Day of Action. The Anti-SLAPP Coalition (who have been an immense support to me!) says: “Legal bullying thrives when no-one pushes back.”
This is personal for me. Myself & others are pushing back 🧵
This is personal for me. Myself & others are pushing back 🧵
April 15, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Today is the #StopSLAPPs Day of Action. The Anti-SLAPP Coalition (who have been an immense support to me!) says: “Legal bullying thrives when no-one pushes back.”
This is personal for me. Myself & others are pushing back 🧵
This is personal for me. Myself & others are pushing back 🧵
Anyone can be affected by a SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation)- campaigners & whistleblowers are particularly at risk.
If @wesstreeting wants to ensure harmed families can speak out, we need Anti-SLAPP legislation. #StopSLAPPs
antislapp.uk
If @wesstreeting wants to ensure harmed families can speak out, we need Anti-SLAPP legislation. #StopSLAPPs
antislapp.uk
Welcome - UK Anti-Slapp Coalition
The UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition brings media organisations, lawyers, human rights defenders and other members of civil society together in solidarity with targets of SLAPPs
antislapp.uk
April 15, 2026 at 7:01 AM
Anyone can be affected by a SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation)- campaigners & whistleblowers are particularly at risk.
If @wesstreeting wants to ensure harmed families can speak out, we need Anti-SLAPP legislation. #StopSLAPPs
antislapp.uk
If @wesstreeting wants to ensure harmed families can speak out, we need Anti-SLAPP legislation. #StopSLAPPs
antislapp.uk
First meeting for the Expert Reference Group that I’m a part of for the National Maternity & Neonatal Taskforce this evening. Keen to find out more about what role we will be able to play in improving maternity & neonatal care across England. #MaternitySafety #MaternityTaskforce
April 13, 2026 at 5:05 PM
First meeting for the Expert Reference Group that I’m a part of for the National Maternity & Neonatal Taskforce this evening. Keen to find out more about what role we will be able to play in improving maternity & neonatal care across England. #MaternitySafety #MaternityTaskforce
We so desperately need Anti-SLAPP legislation in the U.K.
If you’re unaware- a SLAPP is a Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation. They’re being used to silence & financially ruin patient safety advocates & whistleblowers.
Read more at antislapp.uk
#MaternitySafety
If you’re unaware- a SLAPP is a Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation. They’re being used to silence & financially ruin patient safety advocates & whistleblowers.
Read more at antislapp.uk
#MaternitySafety
April 4, 2026 at 8:51 AM
We so desperately need Anti-SLAPP legislation in the U.K.
If you’re unaware- a SLAPP is a Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation. They’re being used to silence & financially ruin patient safety advocates & whistleblowers.
Read more at antislapp.uk
#MaternitySafety
If you’re unaware- a SLAPP is a Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation. They’re being used to silence & financially ruin patient safety advocates & whistleblowers.
Read more at antislapp.uk
#MaternitySafety
58 babies would likely be alive if they had received better care at #OxfordUniversityHospitals across a 5 year period.
Incredibly proud of the #FamiliesFailedbyOUH Maternity Services campaign for giving families a voice. We need a public inquiry.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Incredibly proud of the #FamiliesFailedbyOUH Maternity Services campaign for giving families a voice. We need a public inquiry.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Better NHS care at Oxford hospital might have saved 58 babies, BBC finds
There are growing calls for a statutory public inquiry into maternity services in Oxford.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 19, 2026 at 10:57 PM
58 babies would likely be alive if they had received better care at #OxfordUniversityHospitals across a 5 year period.
Incredibly proud of the #FamiliesFailedbyOUH Maternity Services campaign for giving families a voice. We need a public inquiry.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Incredibly proud of the #FamiliesFailedbyOUH Maternity Services campaign for giving families a voice. We need a public inquiry.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Thank you @oxfordclarion.bsky.social for this long read about the state of England’s maternity services, the NMNI interim report & the Families Failed by OUH Maternity Services campaign’s achievement in securing OUH’s inclusion in the NMNI.
#MaternityScandal #MaternitySafety
#MaternityScandal #MaternitySafety
🚨Long read klaxon🚨
Last week, Baroness Amos published her interim report into maternity & neonatal care in England. Vocal campaigners have catapulted Oxford University Hospitals Trust to the top of the investigation's agenda. We took a look at Oxfordshire's maternity care, the data, and the claims.
Last week, Baroness Amos published her interim report into maternity & neonatal care in England. Vocal campaigners have catapulted Oxford University Hospitals Trust to the top of the investigation's agenda. We took a look at Oxfordshire's maternity care, the data, and the claims.
Oxfordshire’s maternity care
Many Clarion readers will have passed through the maternity ward of the John Radcliffe Hospital, whether as an infant or a parent. It is a place with which Oxfordshire, literally, has a familial bond....
oxfordclarion.uk
March 3, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Thank you @oxfordclarion.bsky.social for this long read about the state of England’s maternity services, the NMNI interim report & the Families Failed by OUH Maternity Services campaign’s achievement in securing OUH’s inclusion in the NMNI.
#MaternityScandal #MaternitySafety
#MaternityScandal #MaternitySafety
Investigation by @newstatesman1913.bsky.social & @channel4news.bsky.social & @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social response here:
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February 24, 2026 at 6:42 AM
Oxon HOSC @oxfordshirecc.bsky.social
held a private meeting with #OxfordUniversityHospitals re @newstatesman1913.bsky.social & @channel4news.bsky.social investigations into OUH maternity services…
HOSC have not once contacted our campaign of over 780+ families. 🧵
held a private meeting with #OxfordUniversityHospitals re @newstatesman1913.bsky.social & @channel4news.bsky.social investigations into OUH maternity services…
HOSC have not once contacted our campaign of over 780+ families. 🧵
February 24, 2026 at 6:39 AM
Oxon HOSC @oxfordshirecc.bsky.social
held a private meeting with #OxfordUniversityHospitals re @newstatesman1913.bsky.social & @channel4news.bsky.social investigations into OUH maternity services…
HOSC have not once contacted our campaign of over 780+ families. 🧵
held a private meeting with #OxfordUniversityHospitals re @newstatesman1913.bsky.social & @channel4news.bsky.social investigations into OUH maternity services…
HOSC have not once contacted our campaign of over 780+ families. 🧵
At #OxfordUniversityHospitals the issue is not staffing but a deep-rooted toxic culture which oozes misogyny & paternalism: informed consent breaches; barriers to accessing caesareans; dismissal of pain & red flags; outright neglectful care. We need authentic accountability.
As Chair of the APPG on Maternity, and as a harmed mother, I remain committed to securing truth, accountability and safer maternity care. Families deserve nothing less.
My statement ⬇️
My statement ⬇️
February 24, 2026 at 6:30 AM
At #OxfordUniversityHospitals the issue is not staffing but a deep-rooted toxic culture which oozes misogyny & paternalism: informed consent breaches; barriers to accessing caesareans; dismissal of pain & red flags; outright neglectful care. We need authentic accountability.
Oxford health professionals advise mothers to dismiss media investigations as “sensationalist”.
Institutional gaslighting of trauma survivors at its finest.
As someone who shared my traumatic birth & what I’ve endured since advocating for harmed families, this sickens me. 🧵
Institutional gaslighting of trauma survivors at its finest.
As someone who shared my traumatic birth & what I’ve endured since advocating for harmed families, this sickens me. 🧵
December 11, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Oxford health professionals advise mothers to dismiss media investigations as “sensationalist”.
Institutional gaslighting of trauma survivors at its finest.
As someone who shared my traumatic birth & what I’ve endured since advocating for harmed families, this sickens me. 🧵
Institutional gaslighting of trauma survivors at its finest.
As someone who shared my traumatic birth & what I’ve endured since advocating for harmed families, this sickens me. 🧵
“Now that you have met her do you want her? I don’t!!!”
Written on my formal medical record by my previous consultant obstetrician at OUH after I raised concerns about maternity practices on behalf of over 50 women when newly pregnant again.
This is how #PatientSafety advocates are treated.
Written on my formal medical record by my previous consultant obstetrician at OUH after I raised concerns about maternity practices on behalf of over 50 women when newly pregnant again.
This is how #PatientSafety advocates are treated.
December 11, 2025 at 12:37 PM
“Now that you have met her do you want her? I don’t!!!”
Written on my formal medical record by my previous consultant obstetrician at OUH after I raised concerns about maternity practices on behalf of over 50 women when newly pregnant again.
This is how #PatientSafety advocates are treated.
Written on my formal medical record by my previous consultant obstetrician at OUH after I raised concerns about maternity practices on behalf of over 50 women when newly pregnant again.
This is how #PatientSafety advocates are treated.
Thank you to ITV Meridian for once again giving a voice to families harmed by maternity services in Oxfordshire. ❤️
Listen to our reaction to Baroness Amos’ reflections here:
www.itv.com/news/meridia...
#FamiliesFailedbyOUH #MaternitySafety #AmosReview #MaternityScandal
Listen to our reaction to Baroness Amos’ reflections here:
www.itv.com/news/meridia...
#FamiliesFailedbyOUH #MaternitySafety #AmosReview #MaternityScandal
www.itv.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Thank you to ITV Meridian for once again giving a voice to families harmed by maternity services in Oxfordshire. ❤️
Listen to our reaction to Baroness Amos’ reflections here:
www.itv.com/news/meridia...
#FamiliesFailedbyOUH #MaternitySafety #AmosReview #MaternityScandal
Listen to our reaction to Baroness Amos’ reflections here:
www.itv.com/news/meridia...
#FamiliesFailedbyOUH #MaternitySafety #AmosReview #MaternityScandal