Health and Social Care Committee Debate

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Sarah Russell

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Health and Social Care Committee

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Thursday 16th October 2025

(1 day, 18 hours ago)

Westminster Hall
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Clive Betts Portrait Mr Clive Betts (in the Chair)
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I remind Members of the need for brevity in questions.

Sarah Russell Portrait Sarah Russell (Congleton) (Lab)
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The statistics in this report and everything they reflect are completely shocking. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham Erdington (Paulette Hamilton) for bringing it forward on behalf of the Committee. Records at Leighton, my local hospital, show that work has been done on improving experiences and outcomes for Asian and black women, but unfortunately, given the quality of data collection, it is quite difficult to be sure whether that is translating into better clinical outcomes for everyone—particularly black and Asian women. Does my hon. Friend agree that we need to urgently push that work forward?

Paulette Hamilton Portrait Paulette Hamilton
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To be brief, we do need to look at data. It is crucial that the rapid review takes on board the data and improves the way that it is collected and used.