NHS RACE AND HEALTH OBSERVATORY

All our clients are excellent, but some clients are a little bit more special. It was with a real privilege to work with the wonderful NHS Race and Health Observatory, filming and delivering a dozen talking head video deliverables, and on top of that, this neat little video of the learning and action network conference. As a conference videographer and event photographer, you always hope the day will be interesting, but when it’s interesting and incredibly worthwhile, that is almost payment in itself.

The NHS Race & Health Observatory is dedicated to identifying and addressing ethnic disparities in health and healthcare. We achieve this through conducting research, offering health policy recommendations, and fostering long-term transformative changes.

The Learning and Action Network, in partnership with the IHI and The Health Foundation, are currently engaged in collaborative efforts with nine healthcare systems to address the enduring ethnic disparities observed in maternal and neonatal outcomes.

Amongst our interviewees were Professor Habib Naqvi, chief executive, NHS Race and Health Observatory, Kate Brintworth, chief midwifery officer for England, and Pedro Delgado, vice president, Institute for Healthcare Improvement.

In collaboration with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and with the support of the Health Foundation, the NHS Race and Health Observatory has launched an innovative 15-month peer-to-peer Learning and Action Network. This initiative aims to address the disparities observed in severe maternal morbidity, perinatal mortality, and neonatal morbidity among women of different ethnic backgrounds. Nine NHS Trusts and Integrated Care Systems across England will actively participate in this endeavor.

Data consistently highlight significantly higher rates of maternal and infant mortality among Black and Asian women compared to their White counterparts. In the UK, Black British mothers face a mortality risk up to four times higher than White mothers during pregnancy or within the first six weeks postpartum. Similarly, mothers of mixed ethnicity face a threefold higher risk, while women of Asian ethnicity face double the risk of dying from pregnancy-related causes compared to White mothers.

This program will be guided by an advisory group comprising experts in midwifery, maternal and neonatal medicine, and nursing, and will continue until June 2025. Key figures such as Dame Ruth May, Chief Nursing Officer for England, and Kate Brintworth, Chief Midwifery Officer for England, are among the healthcare leaders and maternal experts scheduled to speak at the launch event.

Marking a pioneering effort within the NHS, this Network will integrate Quality Improvement methodologies with explicit anti-racism principles to foster clinical transformation and drive system-wide change. Through a series of action-oriented learning and coaching sessions, participants will utilize Quality Improvement techniques, evaluate policies, processes, and workforce metrics, exchange insights and case studies, and listen to the experiences of mothers, parents, pregnant women, and individuals directly affected by these issues.

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