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Health

Find out more about our work focusing on the healthcare system and its response to women who navigate pregnancy and early motherhood amidst disadvantage and inequity.

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Response to the MBRRACE-UK Perinatal Mortality Surveillance Report

The Birth Companions Institute welcomes the publication of the latest report on stillbirths and neonatal deaths of babies born in 2023.
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MBRRACE-UK Saving Lives, Improving Mothers’ Care 2025 report

Birth Companions’ CEO, Naomi Delap, responds to the latest report from MBRRACE-UK on maternal deaths.
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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
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Holding it all Together

Understanding how far the human rights of women facing disadvantage are respected during pregnancy, birth and postnatal care

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Coordinated national policy on children’s social care involvement in the 1001 days

Co-designing a national health and social care pathway for women who are at risk of or experiencing separation from their baby

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