Every new mother deserves the very best support, should she need it.

It is disgraceful that, after 14 years of Tory mismanagement of our NHS, too many women are struggling to access perinatal mental health support in the community.

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Black mothers are over twice as likely to be admitted to hospital with perinatal mental illnesses than their white counterparts.

Concerning findings but brilliant reporting from tobi thomas
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Really important (and terrifying) reporting

Black mothers are over twice as likely to be admitted to hospital with perinatal mental illnesses than their white counterparts, a Guardian analysis of NHS figures shows, with the racial disparity being described as “horrifying”.

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Tommy Nicol, who stole a car, described his prison sentence as the “psychological torture of a person who is doing 99 years”. Eight months later he took his life. This is the first of my series on the IPP scandal
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This is scandalous.

The Conservatives owe an apology to the millions of women waiting months for vital treatment or to see a cancer specialist.

Labour will get the NHS back on its feet and end the deprioritisation of women’s health once and for all.

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The government is facing growing calls to proscribe Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist group

I spoke with Iranians living in the UK who have backed the calls and said the gov’s position is “weak” and they fear for their safety in the UK

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These stark figures highlight the continuing inequalities facing Black women at every stage of the birthing journey.

The government must urgently set a binding target to end disparities and improve outcomes for Black mothers and birthing people.
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Families in Gaza have won a legal case against the Home Office after a judge ruled the department’s decisions were a “disproportionate interference” in their right to a family life

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Black women are six times more likely to experience some of the most serious birth complications during hospital delivery across England than their white counterparts, with the figures being described as “stark” and disheartening”, according to analysis.

“They’ve been deliberately targeting healthcare workers, healthcare vehicles, healthcare buildings since October 7th,” Nick Maynard told me

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We’ve spent the last few months making a film with women stuck in the asylum backlog: documenting their struggles, their hopes, dreams and life in shadows of the Rwanda scheme
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A collaborative video project, called Made in Britain w/ The Elephants Trail

People think the climate emergency will happen years away, in the global south, but it's already happening, here, in Europe, with devastating floods. For my new The Guardian series, I went to Belgium to tell the story of Rosa Reichel, who died at just 15 theguardian.com/environment/20…

Exc - A letter signed by almost 60 charities, law firms and organisations will be sent to the home secretary calling for the creation of a Ukraine-style visa scheme for Palestinians trapped in Gaza who have family in the UK

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“Black women do not get to make light of the wet or gafffe-making, impulsive remarks or off-colour comments. They do not get to have bad days.” Six years old but wearily relevant. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

I’m briefly crawling out of the trenches of maternity leave to announce my book Scattered is coming out on 6th June. It will be published by the brilliant Bloomsbury Books UK

I’ve been working on it for four years and I’m excited/terrified to put it out into the world!

Aspiring journalists!
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