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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 will be supported by the UK charity Birthrights, will examine the issue, and consider human rights. A ...

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 the selling may not be over just yet. Such is particularly the case, as we will discuss momentarily,...

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 and Confidential Enquiries across the country) showed black women were four times more likely than ...

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, and systemic racism crises, and highlighted the way those crises overlap and bring harm to vulnerabl...

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