Maternityaction.org.uk Website Review

Maternity Action is the UK’s leading charity committed to ending inequality and improving the health and well-being of pregnant women, partners and young children – from conception through to the child’s early years. We offer free, expert advice to women worried about being charged for NHS maternity care or who are having difficulties getting a maternity is available to women, their friends and family, health professionals, advice workers and community workers. to health professionals, advisers, community workers and volunteers supporting vulnerable migrant women during pregnancy and their. BY CATHERINE PELLEGRINO, SENIOR POLICY AND CAMPAIGNS OFFICER. Last week the Equality and Human Rights Commission released new research into the experiences of accessing healthcare for people who are or have been in the asylum system across England, Scotland and Wales. The report finds that people navigating this system – especially pregnant women and disabled people face a wide range of barriers when. MOTHERS’ VOICES: NEW REPORT ON MATERNAL HEALTH INEQUALITIES AND HOW COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS CAN HELP. Maternity Action explores the factors contributing to maternal and child health inequalities in Black and minority ethnic mothers and children from low income households. The report, based on focus groups and interviews with over a hundred women and voluntary sector workers, also examines the work of the voluntary sector to address these issues. This podcast aims to give you a basic introduction to your rights at work while you are pregnant, such as time off for antenatal care, health and safety at work and maternity pay, and talks about what you can do if you’re experiencing pregnancy discrimination. Pregnancy discrimination at work affects almost half the pregnant women in the UK. This podcast talks about your rights when you are on maternity leave and what happens when you return to work, including how to ask for changes to your working hours, and what to do if you find out you’re pregnant again or you’ve decided not to go back to work.