I read your editorial with a mixture of appreciation that you’d been brave enough to say what Black communities have known for decades and sadness that in 2023 you’ve had to say it (The Guardian view on race and maternal health: a systemic problem, 19 April).
In September 2022, the Black Equity Organisation published the results of a poll of more than 4,000 Black people in the UK. A staggering 65% said they had been discriminated against by healthcare professionals because of their ethnicity. Almost two-thirds (60%) said they did not see their concerns being addressed if it was left to those responsible for the institutions that had discriminated against them.
