which in a nutshell means it will take longer for last year's huge wholesale price spikes to fall out of headline inflation measures here. yet, food and energy are often volatile, which is why economists say that what really matters for a country's outlook on inflation is what's happening to core prices. so that's inflation stripping out energy and food. so let's look at the uk's relative performance here. in the uk core inflation is around 5.7%. as you can see that's actually broadly in line with the other countries. though some economists have expressed concern that a combination of brexit, making it more difficult to import goods from our main trading partners on the continent, and also the outside scarring impact of the pandemic on the british labour market might make the uk inflation rate stickier in coming down than in other countries. the uk really stands out in terms of having seen a big fall in labour market participation since the pandemic. so that's making the labour market tighter. that's making wages go up even faster relative to other countries.
receive less narcotics. um there is a sense that african american patients, particularly in the pregnancy, space are not listened to and this is contributing to our increased rates of maternal mortality. so there's a long history here that needs to be addressed by medicine, so i'm glad we're talking about it. you've also talked about solutions. so what are some things that you suggest? what are some things you're doing in your practice? so one thing that's a big piece is having more diversity in medicine, and that starts from the bottom up. it really is a decades long practice to grow a doctor and so increasing that pipeline at a young age so that we have more primary care providers more advanced providers right now. african american doctors about 5.7% of our medical force 12% of the population, so it's not just us who needs to take care of black people, but really having a push that we have more doctors to