I welcome the Health and Social Care Select Committee’s vital report into Black Maternal Health, another important contribution to this emerging field of policy research. Black women remain three times more likely to die during pregnancy and childbirth. So I was...
This month, I was drawn to ask my second Prime Minister’s Question under a Labour government. I used it to raise the issue of blood donation, praising the work of Brixton Blood Donor Centre. It is excellent news that 10% of new donors to Brixton are Black—three times...
It was great to join staff from the Rapid Response Team at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust as they walked out on strike. They work so hard to keep the hospital clean and stop the spread of infections but barely earn minimum wage and don’t have...
I hosted NHS Blood and Transplant in Parliament to help spread awareness about the ongoing need for blood donations. They talked to MPs about some of the challenges they currently face in their work, offered constituency level data and explained more about the...
I was glad to visit the official opening ceremony of Brixton’s new Blood Donor Centre. Located right at the heart of our community on Brixton Road, this facility will play a vital role in the NHS’s search for 12,000 new Black donors every year to meet growing need for...
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