MBRRACE-UK
Do we want to change? – recent reports on maternity services
Over recent months various reports relevant to maternity services have been released. Dr Jenny Hall, Editor, Maternity and Midwifery Forum highlights points from the reports, encouraging us to use them to make change. __________________________________________________ Over recent months, with the current transitions of government here in the UK sharing headlines......
Black and Asian women’s experiences of stillbirth or neonatal death: The MBRRACE-UK Perinatal confidential Enquiry
This week MBRRACE-UK has released a new Perinatal Confidential Enquiry, which is an overview of comparison of care reviews at MBRRACE, for Black and Asian women who have experienced a still birth or neonatal death in comparison to their white counterparts (Draper et al 2023). Benash Nazmeen, Assistant Professor......
A bad week for maternity services
There has been a lot going on for UK Maternity services, though you may not have been aware of the news with all going on in the Middle East, the Ukraine and the weather! Neil Stewart, Editorial Director for the Maternity and Midwifery Forum, presents and reflects on a very......
Black Maternity Matters: maternity care improvement project
Last week two important reports demonstrating racism across UK Maternity services were released. In this week’s article Ann Remmers, Maternal and Neonatal Clinical lead, West of England Academic Health Science Network, shares a co-produced project to improve the care of Black women in the South West Region. _______________________________________________________________ In......
The FiveXMore and Birthrights reports: individual and systemic racism
This week two key reports on the experiences of Black and Brown women and staff in maternity services has gathered much attention in the UK press this week. Dr Jenny Hall presents the content and considers the implications. _______________________________________________________________ Racism strongly exists in UK maternity services. The clarity of this......
Lessons from Saving lives, improving Mothers’ care 2016-18
On January 14th 2021, the next confidential enquiry into maternal deaths, Saving lives, Improving care for 2016-18 was released from MBRRACE-UK (Mothers and Babies: Reducing Risk through Audits and Confidential Enquiries across the UK) based at the NPEU in Oxford. For those unfamiliar with these reports, since 1952 an investigation......