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NHS fails to record ethnicity of those suing over maternity care
The Guardian
|April 26, 2025
The NHS is facing criticism for not recording the ethnicity of patients who sue it over poor maternity care, despite Black, Asian and minority ethnic women experiencing much greater harm in childbirth.
Health experts, campaigners and lawyers claim racial disparities in maternity care are so stark that NHS bodies in England must start collating details of those who take legal action to ensure services improve.
The gap in NHS data emerged when Lime Solicitors, a London-based law firm, submitted freedom of information requests to NHS England, individual health trusts and NHS Resolution, the body that handles medical negligence claims against hospitals.
It asked how many people had sued over a stillbirth - the death of a baby before 24 weeks of pregnancy - from 2012-13 and 2022-23; how many had secured damages; and the ethnicity and nationality of claimants.
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