Today: Faculty of Public Health Health of Women & Girls SIG and UK Preconception Partnership EMCR discuss inequalities in Preconception Health ▶️ 13.00-14.30 1st half: presentations + Q&A 2nd half: future projects (SIG members) 🔗 fph.org.uk/events-courses… Jennifer Hall @MajelMcG Danielle Schoenaker

The MAMA study is being set up at NPEU A National Institute for Health and Care Research funded research study comparing 2 pathways of care for pregnant women on a biologic for inflammatory arthritis: Continuing biologics throughout pregnancy OR Stopping biologics before 28 weeks gestation. Watch this space!

For the last blog in our 4 week series on maternal inequalities, Kaat De Backer & Dr Nicola Vousden take us through some of the social drivers of maternal inequality and how this might begin to be addressed with personalised care. bit.ly/4cliyU8 @kaatdebacker Nicola Vousden

Calling all researchers and clinicians in women’s health: A theme issue for BJOG is planned for 2025. “Health Equity: Research to Close Gaps in Women’s and Reproductive Health Outcomes” Further info on the call for papers obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/journal/14… BJOG

We are sharing some of our global health initiatives with the public at the science museum. Any (adults) are welcome to come along. Please retweet.

Please take a look at the programme for the MBRRACE UK 'Saving Lives, Improving Mothers' Care' virtual conference 2024 Anyone with an interest in maternity care and safety is welcome to attend. Book here: buff.ly/3zveRgO

The latest MBRRACE-UK Saving Lives, Improving Mothers’ Care report on women who died during or up to a year after pregnancy between 2020 and 2022 released today. Read more:buff.ly/2HR30eT @marianfknight @npeu_oxford @oxford_ndph

Allison Felker highlighting persistent inequalities in maternal mortality between women from Black, Asian and White ethnic backgrounds, and for women living in deprived areas compared to more affluent areas

Looking forward to presenting our work on NO RECOURSE TO PUBLIC FUNDS at the Birth Companions’ reflection event on MBRRACE's 2024 report. lnkd.in/e8FYBuDT. Hannah Rayment-Jones BirthCompanions University of Oxford MBRRACE UK NPEU-Oxford NPEU King's College London

Clean Break ‘s incredible play, will shine a light on the experiences of women navigating pregnancy & separation from their babies in prison. Lost Mothers Project University of Hertfordshire UH Health&SocialWork Economic and Social Research Council CRIPACC UH UH Research Office NIHR ARC East of England Nuffield Family Justice Observatory British Criminology Royal College of Midwives 💙 RoyalCollegeObsGyn James Timpson

@mbrraceuk has today published the results of a confidential enquiry into the care of recent migrant women with language barriers who have experienced a stillbirth or neonatal death. See below for a breakdown of the findings [THREAD]

One in 25 mother-baby pairs received care that was rated as ‘good’. 68% received care where improvements may have had an effect on their outcome.

Almost all of the women had a documented need for an interpreter, but half of contacts with healthcare took place without any documented interpreter present.

68% of the women whose care was reviewed had either not booked their pregnancy with the maternity care system or booked late into their pregnancy.

Help spread the word about #vaccines recommended during #pregnancy with our toolkit and printable poster, which includes information about #flu, #pertussis, #COVID, and #RSV (available in English and Spanish). …h-risk-pregnancy-info.squarespace.com/vaxcampaign

Marian Knight MBE NPEU-Oxford Oxford Population Health (OxPop) MBRRACE-UK programme lead Marian Knight MBE said ‘It is encouraging that the maternal death rate has decreased in the UK as well as some disparities in maternal mortality between women from different groups. However, there remains work to be done to ensure safe and equitable care .’

A major collaborative effort, Thanks to the national INOSS teams and clinicians NPEU-Oxford UKOSS Marian Knight MBE Nicola Vousden Rema R Norges forskningsråd @fhi

The RCOG has expressed deep concern amid reports that the UK Government is considering removing the requirement for NHS integrated care boards to fund women’s health hubs. Read our open letter to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care: brnw.ch/21wQkbV

On the day the latest MBRRACE UK perinatal report is released, timely publication on The BMJ of our editorial on achieving equitable maternal health services in the UK - a lifelong approach is needed for safe and personalised care bmj.com/content/389/bm…

"Facilitating a just learning culture is essential to break out of the vicious cycle of maternity service decline and build a maternal and child health system fit for the future" Marian Knight MBE Clea Harmer Nicola Vousden bmj.com/content/389/bm…