🌟 Calling women who have received EMDR therapy for birth-related trauma!🌟

Your journey matters & could help shape vital research. If you answer ‘Yes’ to the 3 questions in the poster below & are willing to share your experience, we’d love to hear from you. DM for details!

For #Maternalmentalhealthawarenessweek , we at PMHP UK want to demystify perinatal mental illness. Here are some symptoms of #antenataldepression - pls seek support from your GP, Midwife or HV.
Tommy's have great resources.
#mmhaw
#maternalmhmatters
#perinatalmentalhealth

It was a privilege to speak today a bit about my role and the importance of cultural safety in our maternity services and neonatal units. Thanks for having me! Neonatal Nurses Association (NNA)

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#racialbiasinmedicine #medicalmythbuster Joel Bervell
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MWNUK want to see actions in every area of life and in every sector so that Muslim women and girls are able to enjoy their civil, cultural, economic, political and social rights.

We launched the #MuslimWomensManifesto during the APPG on Muslim Women's AGM last month.

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Ramadan Kareem to all of my Muslim colleagues and to the many incredible women I am getting to meet in my work. You enrich our lives. #RamadanKareem

Nottingham: New mums report racism in hospitals, says maternity lead - BBC News.

Another - who had lost her child - said she witnessed a staff member mimicking her accent and mannerisms and colleagues laughing along.
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3rd sector groups play a vital role in being a safe space for women. Our NHS is working toward being that culturally compentant and safe space, but we have a long way to go. 'Hard to reach? No. Underrepresented? Yes. Undeserved? Absolutely.'- Benash Nazmeen

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I spoke in favour of an immediate ceasefire for Gaza today. The wholesale slaughter of innocent Palestinian men, women & children has no possible justification.

#BAMEover
“The use of ‘BAME’ pathologises those whose identities have been racialised & it absolves those with privileged/invisible racial identities from the responsibility of addressing, tackling or even recognising racism. The racialised become the problem. Not racism”
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Pregnant woman died after 'cultural bias' caused delayed care itv.com/news/granada/2…

J. Marion Sims “the father of modern gynecology” purchased Black women slaves and used them as guinea pigs for his untested surgical experiments.

He repeatedly performed genital surgery on Black women WITHOUT ANESTHESIA because according to him, 'Black women don't feel pain.”…

We can and must do better than this.

A must-read article from @bmjleader👇 with raw insight into #interpreting on the NHS frontline.

'With the help of interpreting services in the NHS, all people with various languages and cultural backgrounds can have equal access to healthcare services.' 👏HT Charlotte Williams

Please listen and feel the words of my good friend Rev. Munther Isaac منذر اسحق in #Bethlehem . We wish you a peaceful Christmas.

In the UK, reports show that stillbirth and neonatal death rates are higher among Black and Asian babies compared with white babies, and that rates of baby deaths are higher in areas of social deprivation.

These differences have been evident for decades, yet there has been…

When examining the care of Black, Asian and White women whose babies died, high quality care was only found in a minority of the baby deaths which were reviewed. Many deaths may have been prevented with better care. TIMMS NPEU-Oxford MBRRACE UK