Publications
For medical and scientific publications please see:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Lakasing%20L
Lorin has also published opinion pieces relating to NHS maternity care including:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Lakasing%20L
Lorin has also published opinion pieces relating to NHS maternity care including:
Delivering the Truth: Why NHS maternity care is broken and how we can fix it together - October 2025 This book describes how conflicting agendas among stakeholders have obstructed lasting and meaningful progress in NHS maternity care. It highlights the realities faced by frontline staff and describes the experiences of mothers and babies using powerful anecdotes to make key points. It also offers a hopeful, informed perspective on what really needs to change to achieve sustained improvements. RBC publications ISBN 13: 978-1-915483-92-8 See www.amazon.co.uk/Delivering-Truth-maternity-broken-together-ebook/dp/B0FX3M1YV4 Delivering the Truth: Reviews
“Super congratulations on a fantastic publication. Amazing and inspiring. You truly are an asset to the NHS” - Midwife “Finally I understand why the midwives behaved as they did and why I was given the advice I was for my second birth. My hurt and anger are still very real, but they are now tinged with a small degree of sympathy” - Mother “A well-written book detailing how the troubles in maternity care can be extrapolated to the whole of the NHS. The abuse of taxpayers money Lakasing describes will make us think twice when we hear the cries of underfunding” - Father “This book has made me feel less alone and justified my thoughts about some of the amazing people and not so amazing people and events I have witnessed over the years. You are brave and honest, and I am totally in awe that you have managed to do this” - Midwife “Loving the way you tell it how it is. I hear your voice in every sentence” - Audit Administrator “An important book that says all the things we are thinking but no-one wants to put down in writing” - Obstetrician “It is easy to read and gives valuable insight to what goes on behind the scenes, the sort of things we as expectant mums and dads never see” - Mother “I have just finished your brilliant book. It is so full of marvellous little insights, and a lot of much bigger home-truths. It really is a cogent cri de coeur from the front line” - Medical litigation lawyer “Manages to connect the dots over a myriad of issues and points out a way forward. Such a delight to read” - Obstetrician “Lorin Lakasing uses surgical precision and her consultant experience to present NHS maternity services to us as a sick patient riddled with the Big Five killer cancers: liberal ideology, over regulation, idolatry, secrecy and incompetent management. Her careful and forensic history-taking gives us a clear picture of the root causes of the deterioration in NHS Maternity Care” - Father “A comprehensive and fascinating account of the state of NHS maternity care – clear, insightful and refreshingly direct” - Anaesthetist “An engaging and hard hitting read which resonates perfectly with the many reports I hear from clients who have experienced NHS maternity care both as patients and frontline staff. Lorin Lakasing paints a brutally honest portrait of the service yet offers ways to overhaul and re-set the current system in the hope that things can get better” - Psychotherapist “I had no idea that [safety initiatives] were being gamed or ignored so much at a local level. As you rightly say, we are given advice from people who do not really understand what is happening on the frontline. That is why, I think, everyone loves a new target even though they are so damaging” - Politician “Some anecdotes made me lol, others made me want to cry. You capture the pressure cooker that is our working environment so well” - Obstetrician “Perfectly describes all the reasons why I left frontline midwifery, a choice that makes me feel guilty every day” - Midwife “I am punching the air reading “Delivering the Truth”. It has been the greatest shock to witness the dysfunction of the NHS first hand and see the consequences for maternity care. It is an utterly brutalised system with unsurprisingly brutal results” - Student Midwife “A brave and brilliant book! It is a testament to your commitment to patients and the indelible mark you have no doubt left on our wonderful profession” - Obstetrician and Gynaecologist “They keep telling us we should follow the maternity model for clinical risk management – now I am not so sure” - Orthopaedic Surgeon “Finally, I can stop asking myself if I am going mad on a daily basis” - Obstetrician “Thank God someone has noticed we exist!” - Maternity Support Worker “It’s astonishing that the NHS has survived for as long as it has given how it allocates resources” - Economist “My wife (who is a midwife) made me read this book. I know Dr Lakasing’s book focuses on NHS maternity care, but it seems to me that all healthcare specialties suffer from the same afflictions” - Cardiologist “Your book is extraordinary. I have not read such an honest, detailed, knowledgeable, generous and rigorous critique of a service by any professional from the inside. By the way I agree with you that the world of aviation, so well defined and constrained, has little to teach the massively complex world of medicine” - Aviation Expert “I am a retired nurse expecting my first grandchild, I really don’t know what to say to my daughter-in-law. I am conflicted as to whether I want her to read this book or not” - Nurse “I qualified 4 years ago and have already been off work for a short period with burnout and stress. A situation made worse by my £40,000 student debt which I doubt I will ever pay back” - Midwife “A thought provoking and detailed analysis of the current state of maternity services, and a fascinating insight into the workings of the NHS. This is a brave and important book that will hopefully help bring about real change” - Scientist “A clear, reasoned and thought-provoking analysis of the persistent failures within NHS maternity services. Drawing on over 30 years' clinical experience, Lakasing examines how systemic issues—particularly fragmented decision-making and misaligned institutional priorities—not lack of funding, are the root cause of failures. She connects high-level policy errors to their real-world clinical consequences, illustrating how breakdowns in leadership, communication, and accountability directly affect both staff and patient safety. However, the unique value of this expose is found in the clear, practical recommendations Lakasing gives, offering a credible roadmap for meaningful reform” - Clinical Negligence Solicitor Natural Birthing Ideology - November 2025
The Time, Letters to the Editor www.thetimes.com/comment/letters-to-editor/article/sunday-times-letters-was-britain-really-better-in-the-seventies-j35g6gcl6 Maternity scandal and pressures on NHS staff - April 2022 The Times, Letters to the Editor www.thetimes.com/comment/letters-to-editor/article/times-letters-maternity-scandal-and-pressures-on-nhs-staff-8w75tzqd3 Maternity Risk Management – Missed Learning Opportunities - March 2022 https://www.medicolegalmagazine.co.uk/all-medico-legal-magazine-articles/maternity-risk-management-missed-learning-opportunities Costly broken promises - July 2021 https://www.newlawjournal.co.uk/docs/default-source/article_files/nljp_2021_vol171_issue7940_july_comment_lakasing5d3c26b9dab84430837f54afc012ee10.pdf?sfvrsn=da7d5eda_1 |