2022-23 NHS maternity report reveals racist treatment and higher stillbirth rates for black mothers.

NHS midwife told a black woman experiencing miscarriage: "You people have a high pain threshold." A Freedom of Information request revealed in 2022-23, stillbirth rates for babies of black mothers were double those of white mothers, while rates for Asian babies were almost as high. Racist treatment and mockery by maternity staff have been reported in the official Donna Ockenden report on NHS maternity care.

June 22, 2024
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