National inquiry into racial injustice in maternity care calls for evidence

(Andrew Matthews/PA)
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A national inquiry into racial injustice in maternity care is meeting on Tuesday to launch a call for evidence.
Supported by the charity Birthrights, the inquiry will examine how racial injustice is leading to poorer health outcomes for mothers and babies in ethnic minority groups.
It follows a January report from MBRRACE-UK, which examines deaths among pregnant women, new mothers and babies, which found maternal death rates among women from black ethnic backgrounds were more than four times higher, and among women from Asian ethnic backgrounds were two times higher, than for white women.

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