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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Mabel Banfield-Nwachi

Conference highlights racial disparity in UK maternal healthcare

Sandra Igwe
Sandra Igwe, who founded The Motherhood Group in 2016 after the traumatic birth of her daughter. Photograph: Sandra Igwe/PA

Unconscious bias in the UK healthcare system is contributing to the stark racial disparity in maternal healthcare outcomes, a conference has heard.

The Black Maternal Health Conference UK also heard that black women not being listened to by healthcare professionals was also a contributing factor.

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