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Government isn’t doing enough to end “shameful” inequality in maternal mortality, MPs say

BMJ (Online), 2023-04, Vol.381, p.865-865 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

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  • Title:
    Government isn’t doing enough to end “shameful” inequality in maternal mortality, MPs say
  • Author: Mahase, Elisabeth
  • Subjects: Black people ; Committees ; Ethnicity ; Maternal child nursing ; Maternal mortality ; News ; Racism ; Womens health ; Workforce
  • Is Part Of: BMJ (Online), 2023-04, Vol.381, p.865-865
  • Description: The government underestimates the extent to which racism plays a role in the “appalling” inequalities in maternity care that mean black women are almost four times as likely to die from childbirth as white women, MPs have said.1 The report by the House of Commons Women and Equalities Committee said that the government had not done enough to reduce the differences and that the taskforce it set up to tackle the issue had not met in nine months, despite intentions to meet every two months.2 Additionally, the task force’s terms of reference did not mention racism. A Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson said, “While the NHS is already one of the safest places to give birth in the world, we are absolutely clear that we must ensure maternity care is of the same high standard, regardless of race. Jul 2022. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/maternity-disparities-taskforce-terms-of-reference/maternity-disparities-taskforce-terms-of-reference#frequency-and-length-of-meetings. 3 Dyer C. Failure to work collaboratively and learn from incidents led to deaths of babies and mothers at Shrewsbury and Telford trust, review finds.
  • Publisher: England: British Medical Journal Publishing Group
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 1756-1833
    EISSN: 1756-1833
    DOI: 10.1136/bmj.p865
    PMID: 37072135
  • Source: ProQuest Central
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