Resources

Category: Health inequalities

Spotlight: Children's social care involvement and maternal mortality

Understanding the circumstances, experiences and outcomes of women with children’s social care involvement who die during pregnancy or the year after
11 Jul 2025

Tackling inequalities and disadvantage during pregnancy and birth: Children's social care contact

A video series from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
12 Mar 2025

The 2024 MBRRACE report and migrant women’s experiences of maternity care

A Birth Companions reflection event
19 Nov 2024

Inequities are not inevitable: tackling them can reduce maternal deaths

18 Nov 2024

The 2024 MBRRACE report and women with involvement from children’s social care

A Birth Companions reflection event
4 Nov 2024

Unsafe, Insecure

Barriers to safe housing for Black and minoritised migrant women and their children
23 Oct 2024

Maternal Mental Health Services: Progress Report

A Maternal Mental Health Alliance (MMHA) report
2 Oct 2024

Barriers to Reproductive Justice for Women Seeking Sanctuary in the UK

Narratives from Birth Companions and the Maternity Stream of Sanctuary
26 Sep 2024

Understanding lived experience of suicidality during the perinatal period

A VCSE Health & Wellbeing Alliance insight report
10 Sep 2024

Engagement in Maternity Research: Birth Companions Lived Experience Team & University of Birmingham

A co-produced resource for maternity researchers
2 Sep 2024

Listening to the stories of women who have experienced child removal due to drug and alcohol use

A Listening Project report from MMHA and REFORM
28 Aug 2024

Healthcare experiences of women and professionals when facing perinatal child protection

A systematic review and Critical Interpretative Synthesis
3 Jul 2024

Reproductive Justice and the Climate Emergency in the UK: Free Lunchtime Webinar

Recording of Free Lunchtime Webinar hosted by Birth Companions and Wen (Women's Environmental Network)
17 Apr 2024

Perinatal healthcare for women at risk of children’s social care involvement

A qualitative survey of professionals in England
5 Mar 2024

The climate emergency is a matter of reproductive justice

Birth Companions & Wen in the BMJ
12 Feb 2024

Reproductive justice and the climate emergency in the UK

A Feminist Green New Deal report from Birth Companions and Wen
1 Feb 2024

The impact of the rising cost of living on women

Birth Companions submission to the Women and Equalities Committee’s inquiry into the impact of the rising cost of living on women
15 Nov 2023

A Perfect Storm

Pregnancy, new motherhood and the cost of living crisis
14 Nov 2023

Supporting Effective Interpretation Within Maternity

Resource pack for commissioners and maternity service providers
1 Nov 2023

MBRRACE-UK: Saving Lives, Improving Mothers’ Care 2023

Lessons learned to inform maternity care from the UK and Ireland Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths and Morbidity 2019-21
12 Oct 2023

‘On paper, you’re normal'

Narratives of unseen health needs among women who have had children removed from their care
31 Jul 2023

The Birth Charter for women with involvement from children’s social care

4 Jul 2023

Ethnicity of children in care and supervision proceedings in England

18 May 2023

Indefinite detention: the implications of the Illegal Migration Bill for pregnant women

Birth Companions & Women for Refugee Women in the BMJ
18 May 2023

Understanding women’s lived experience of children’s social care proceedings: Virtual learning event

Recording of Birth Companions’ virtual learning event, part of our project with the Tommy’s and Sands Maternity Consortium.
3 May 2023

Understanding women’s lived experience of children’s social care proceedings: An insight report

Birth Companions’ insight report, part of our project with the Tommy’s and Sands Maternity Consortium.
2 May 2023

Black maternal health

Women and Equalities Committee report
18 Apr 2023

At the Edge of Care: Project report

Support and interventions for parents with mental health needs and children identified as at risk of abuse: A systematic review and thematic synthesis
31 Mar 2023

What Are the Sociodemographic and Clinical Characteristics and Needs of Mothers Who Access Acute...

...Postpartum Psychiatric Care and Have Children’s Social Care Involvement?
11 Feb 2023

Perinatal Mental Health and Domestic Abuse

Briefing paper
29 Jan 2023

State of Health Visiting

A vital safety net under pressure
18 Jan 2023

Why the cost of living crisis is a reproductive justice matter

Birth Companions in the BMJ
17 Jan 2023

MBRRACE-UK: Saving Lives, Improving Mothers’ Care 2022

Lessons learned to inform maternity care from the UK and Ireland Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths and Morbidity 2018-20
10 Nov 2022

MBRRACE-UK: Perinatal Mortality Surveillance Report

UK Perinatal Deaths for Births from January to December 2020
14 Oct 2022

The value of Women’s Centres

A report from Women in Prison
7 Oct 2022

Black, Asian and other racially minoritised women’s experiences of the family justice system

Engagement undertaken for the Nuffield Family Justice Observatory
27 Jul 2022

Inequality on the inside

Using hospital data to understand the key health care issues for women in prison
19 Jul 2022

Invisible: Maternity Experiences of Muslim Women from Racialised Minority Communities

A Summary Report
13 Jul 2022

Systemic racism, not broken bodies

An inquiry into racial injustice and human rights in UK maternity care
23 May 2022

The Black Maternity Experiences Report

A nationwide study of Black women’s experiences of maternity services in the United Kingdom
23 May 2022

The impact of the climate crisis on sexual and reproductive health and rights

A UNFPA report
16 May 2022

Why Health Visitors Matter

Perspectives on a widely valued service
10 May 2022

Perinatal women’s experiences of access to expertise, information and medical attention in prison

15 Nov 2021

MBRRACE-UK: Saving Lives, Improving Mothers' Care 2021

Lessons learned to inform maternity care from the UK and Ireland Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths and Morbidity 2017-19
11 Nov 2021

Adverse pregnancy outcomes attributable to socioeconomic and ethnic inequalities in England

A national cohort study
1 Nov 2021

Working together to improve care for women facing disadvantage and inequality

North Central London Local Maternity System and Birth Companions
6 Sep 2021

Women’s Health Strategy

Birth Companions' written submission to the DHSC
9 Jun 2021

Long-acting reversible contraception in the UK

Qualitative research into the experiences of LARC users and practitioners in the UK
3 Jun 2021

The link between climate change and sexual and reproductive health and rights

An evidence review
18 Jan 2021

MBRRACE-UK: Saving Lives, Improving Mothers' Care 2020

Lessons to inform maternity care from the UK and Ireland Confidential Enquiries in Maternal Death and Morbidity 2016-18
14 Jan 2021

Supporting midwives to address the needs of women experiencing severe and multiple disadvantage

Position statement from the Royal College of Midwives
23 Nov 2020

Maternal health, pregnancy and birth outcomes for women involved in care proceedings in Wales

A linked data study
17 Nov 2020

Supporting women facing multiple disadvantage during COVID-19

Guidance for midwives
12 May 2020

Birth Companions' submission to the Women and Equalities Committee

Read our submission to the Women and Equalities Committee inquiry into the impact of COVID-19 and associated measures.
1 May 2020

Reproductive Justice Disrupted

Mass Incarceration as a Driver of Reproductive Oppression
6 Jan 2020

Saving Lives, Improving Mothers' Care

The MBRRACE-UK 2019 report
13 Dec 2019

The Birth Charter Toolkit

A practical guide to implementing the Birth Charter’s recommendations
12 Dec 2019

Better for women

Improving the health and wellbeing of girls and women
5 Dec 2019

Making Better Births a reality for women with multiple disadvantages

A joint research report by Birth Companions and Revolving Doors Agency.
18 Jan 2019

Saving Lives, Improving Mothers' Care

The MBRRACE-UK 2018 Lay Summary
1 Nov 2018

Maternity experiences of mothers with multiple disadvantages in England

A qualitative study
29 May 2018

Gender specific standards to improve health and well-being for women in prison in England

1 Mar 2018

Birth Charter for Women in Prison

The Birth Charter is a set of recommendations for the care of pregnant women and new mothers in prison.
26 May 2016

Experiences and Birth Outcomes of Vulnerable Women

Evaluation of Birth Companions' work at the Whittington Hospital
1 Mar 2016

Enhancing Care for Childbearing women and their babies in Prison

1 Nov 2015

Experiences, utilisation and outcomes of maternity care in England

Findings from the 2010 National Maternity Survey
5 Jun 2014

The Health of Women in Prison

Study findings
1 Jan 2006
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