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Inquiry will investigate how systemic racism affects maternity care after study reveals racial disparities "This inquiry will take the starting point that racism exists in our society so it must exist in the NHS,” said Amy Gibbs, Birthrights chief executive Shot of an unrecognizable pregnant woman sitting on a bed and holding her belly in her bedroom at home AN URGENT inquiry will begin on Tuesday to investigate whether racism in the NHS impacts quality maternity care. The inquiry, which wil...

In last week’s Reducing Risk post we discussed why we reduced risk in anticipation of a pullback in the markets. However, there are some warning signs which beg the question “is a larger correction coming?" Please share this article - Go to very top of page, right hand side, for social media buttons. A Tough Start What started out as a promising January, didn’t end up that way as markets dipped into the red for the year. More importantly, February tends to be a weak month which suggests ...

Sun 7 Feb 2021 05.30 EST An urgent inquiry to investigate how alleged systemic racism in the NHS manifests itself in maternity care will be launched on Tuesday with support from the UK charity Birthrights. The inquiry will apply a human- rights lens to examine how claimed racial injustice – from explicit racism to bias – is leading to poorer health outcomes in maternity care for ethnic minority groups. Data published last month by MBRRACE-UK (Mothers and Babies: Reducing Risk through Audits...

Newsom Climate Report Card, January 2021 Update 2020 was a record-breaking year for the climate crisis in California. Ongoing drought and elevated temperatures fed an especially long and destructive wildfire season. Californians once again endured dangerous levels of smoke for weeks on end, [1] only this time they did so in the middle of a dangerous pandemic that attacks the respiratory system. The Covid-19 pandemic worsened the ongoing climate, public health, air pollution, housing, economic, ...

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Last modified on Thu 14 Jan 2021 23.37 EST A study of baby deaths in twin pregnancies has found care was poor in at least half of cases, a finding that underlined concerns about fatally inadequate levels of maternity care in the NHS. The report, by the group Mothers and Babies: Reducing Risk through Audits and Confidential Enquiries (MBRACE), concluded that lives could have been saved if care had been better and guidelines followed. An expert panel, including leading midwives and obstetricians,...

Published on December 28th, 2020 The Fractracker Alliance has just published a new study on the potential impacts of health and safety setbacks and environmental justice in California revealing that over 2 million people, mostly low income and people of color, live within 2,500′ of oil and gas infrastructure. By Dan Bacher The report, People and Production: Reducing Risk in California Extraction, makes a number of conclusions, including recommending a setback of at least ...

NHS board apologises for failings after fatal infections at crisis-hit Scots super hospital An oversight board was set up to address the specific issues of infection prevention and control at the £842 million facility, which opened in 2015. Glasgow’s Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (Image: Katielee Arrowsmith SWNS) Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscrib...

BBC News Published image captionThe health board has apologised to families for distress caused Doctors felt their concerns about ventilation and water at Scotlands largest hospital were not addressed, a new report has found. It was one of a number of failings found by the oversight board for the Queen Elizabeth University in Glasgow, after deaths were linked to infections. The interim report also highlighted issues with infection prevention and control, and communication. The health board h...

Submitting... An adult and a child died after they contracted cryptococcus, an infection linked to pigeon droppings, while another adult died after contracting fungal infection mucor at the hospital. The Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow. In the latter case the Procurator Fiscal concluded that the death was from natural causes and was likely unavoidable and that mucoraceous mould, while present, did not contribute to the death. Milly Main, 10, died in 2017 at the hospital from an i...