Stacey Dooley and the Lockdown Babies

Awards

  • WINNER – RTS YORKSHIRE BEST NEWS OR CURRENT AFFAIRS STORY

One week intensive filming on the maternity and Neo-natal unit adhering to NHS guidelines during covid, for this Panorama special.

Almost a quarter of a million babies have been born in the UK since lockdown began. Stacey Dooley reports from Bradford Royal Infirmary to find out how the pandemic is transforming the way we deal with pregnancy and birth. She meets pregnant women terrified of getting the virus, women giving birth and new mums with coronavirus who have had to isolate themselves from friends and family. Stacey also speaks to midwives and doctors who reveal how their lives have changed in order to protect mothers, babies and themselves from the risk of infection.