The Nottingham Report Has a List of Actions. Here Is Why That Is Not Enough

The 2015 government pledge to halve maternal and neonatal deaths by 2030 is unmet. There have been reports before this one, with essential actions before these ones, and the racialised mortality gap has not closed. We are not saying nothing changes. We are saying it has not changed enough, and this report does not explain what is structurally different this time.

20+ years in birthwork – What has changed, and what urgently needs to

The language has changed. The awareness has increased. The figures have not moved in proportion.

Knowing the problem exists is not the same as fixing it. Saying the right words at conferences is not the same as changing what happens in the birth room, in the postnatal ward, in the moment when a Black woman says she is in pain and is not believed.

The gap between acknowledgment and action is where families are still being failed.