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GMB delegate member Ava Payne
[GMB Union]
THE fact that black women are five times more likely to die in pregnancy and childbirth than their white peers is a “national scandal,” delegates at the GMB’s annual congress have heard.
Members in Harrogate overwhelmingly passed a motion on Monday that highlighted the gross disparity in maternity care received by people of colour.
It challenged Tory ministers to commit to funding the changes needed to improve services for black and ethnic minority people.
With more people dying each year and many spending their final days in institutions, researchers argue that wider access to palliative care could offer a more humane and cost-effective alternative, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT
Comments from Matt Goodwin and Danny Kruger expose a reactionary vision in which falling birth rates are blamed on women, says JUDITH CAZORLA
Investigation reveals NHS maternity services are failing women and babies
