Asked by: Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Labour - Clapham and Brixton Hill)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to paragraph 4.2 of the report entitled A comparison of the care of Asian and White women who have experienced a stillbirth or neonatal death, published by the MBRRACE-UK Perinatal Confidential Enquiry on 14 December 2023, whether her Department has had discussions with NHS England on taking steps to improve how ethnicity data is recorded.
Answered by Maria Caulfield
The Department has regular and ongoing discussions with NHS England, and other relevant bodies, on improving neonatal and maternity data quality. This includes discussions on how to improve the recording of ethnicity data. NHS Equity and Equality Guidance, produced as part of NHS England’s three-year delivery plan for maternity and neonatal services, includes ethnic coding data completeness to better understand local populations and their health outcomes. Ethnic coding data completeness has improved year on year, from 85% in 2019 to 93% in 2022.
Written Evidence Jan. 24 2024
Committee: Health and Social Care Committee (Department: Department of Health and Social Care)Found: rates amongst women from Black ethnic backgrounds and an almost two-fold difference amongst women
Mentions:
1: Helen Morgan (LD - North Shropshire) In England and Wales, in 2021 the stillbirth rate for women from the black African ethnic group was seven - Speech Link
2: Abena Oppong-Asare (Lab - Erith and Thamesmead) mortality rate.Important work by groups already mentioned, such as Five X More, have highlighted that - Speech Link
Jul. 13 2010
Source Page: Health profile of England 2009. 120 p.Found: Mortality rates (from all causes) have continued to fall for all age groups, in particular the 65 and
Found: The age - standardised mortality rates across Great Britain in 2023 were: • 11.2 deaths per 100,000
Nov. 10 2008
Source Page: National service framework for children, young people and maternity services: maternity services. 52 p.Found: review groups, peer/user group input and community groups.
Jul. 19 2011
Source Page: Consultation on preventing suicide in England: a cross-government outcomes strategy to save lives. Consultation paper. 100 p.Found: for example, some Black and minority ethnic (BME) groups are more likely to have lower incomes or
Oral Evidence May. 13 2024
Inquiry: Preterm BirthFound: If your baby dies, there is a review through the standardised perinatal mortality review tool, but
Jan. 23 2008
Source Page: Single Equality Scheme 2007–2010. 120 p.Found: to some minority ethnic groups; † excluded older people; † younger people with complex needs; † people
Jun. 03 2008
Source Page: Consultation paper on the future of tobacco control. 110 p.Found: Some ethnic and racial groups have higher smoking rates than the general adult population, for 11. example