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The inquiry includes a review of the antenatal care provided by the trust.

Given the recent steady decline in birth rate in Sweden, the researchers propose monitoring in antenatal care to address the problem.

In Scotland, Wales and England antenatal screening which tests for anomalies is offered to all pregnant women in the first trimester – between 11 and 13 weeks.

Gareth Thomas, a sociologist at Cardiff University University, has done extensive research with healthcare professionals, and written a book about the language around disability in pregnancy and antenatal care.

Restrictions during antenatal scans had a particularly negative impact on some women who had to receive bad news about the health of their baby on their own, she added.