For several years I’ve been part of the team that develops the ‘lay summary’ of MBRRACE-UK’s* annual report on maternal deaths. During this time, my colleagues from across the voluntary sector and I ...

A young mother is kissing her newborn son on the forehead. They are at the hospital. The mother is wearing a hospital gown and the baby is wrapped tightly in a white blanket. Black British women are ...

A damning report has today laid bare the grim state of England's maternity units, by naming those with alarmingly high number of baby deaths. The analysis listed seven NHS trusts that had reported ...

The number of women in Britain dying during pregnancy or soon afterwards has reached its highest level in almost two decades, a new study reported Thursday. The figures from MBRRACE-UK, which monitors ...

The latest set of data presented by the MBRRACE-UK Collaboration investigation into maternal deaths in the UK shows that the mortality rate for women who died during or soon after pregnancy has ...

Report suggests widening inequalities as black babies and those from deprived backgrounds more likely to be stillborn Stillbirths have risen for the first time in seven years, with striking increases ...

The current system for pregnancy and postnatal blood clot risk assessments is inadequate and could place pregnant women/people at risk of needing follow-on treatment or potentially fatal outcomes, a ...

11:01, Tue, Oct 15, 2024 Updated: 11:02, Tue, Oct 15, 2024 The UK is currently grappling with the highest maternal death rate in two decades, with blood clots emerging as the primary cause. Pregnant ...

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Black women are more than four times more likely to die in pregnancy or childbirth than white women in the UK, a review of 2017-2019 deaths shows. The Mbrrace report found women from Asian backgrounds ...