Maternity Experiences for Black and Asian Women
Healthwatch Walsall are currently undertaking a maternity project focused on the experiences of maternity, neonatal, and post-natal care for Black and Asian women.
Healthwatch Walsall wants to hear your feedback on your treatment and care during your maternity journey, we want to listen to your experiences to improve them by making services more accessible, and inclusive and for service users to have the highest quality of care.
Analysis of maternal deaths, stillbirths, and neonatal deaths by Parliament UK, shows mothers and babies from Black/Black British and Asian/Asian British ethnic groups have poorer outcomes. Data suggests that women from Black, Asian or mixed-race backgrounds have an elevated risk of maternal death compared to women from White backgrounds, with Black women having an estimated risk of maternal death that is almost four times higher than that of White women and Asian women almost two times higher than that of White women. These women are also at a higher risk of experiencing premature birth, stillbirth, or neonatal deaths.