📆 Save the dates! #MaternalMentalHealthAwarenessWeek is next week.

We want to get people talking about #PostpartumPsychosis & ensuring anyone affected doesn’t feel alone and knows where they can turn to for help and support.

#MaternalMHMatters #PPPAwarenessDay PMHP UK #maternalMHmatters

It's Black Maternal Health Awareness Week 2024 #BMHAW24 .

Yesterday's theme was 'pregnant while disabled'.

Take a look at our video, discussing the support and care available to you during your pregnancy.

youtu.be/EDKTFO8On3U

Black women are STILL 4 times likely to die in pregnancy, childbirth and 6 weeks after in the UK (MBRRACE 2023).

We have come together with a host of Black led organisations, for a weeklong campaign to raise awareness about the disparities in maternal outcomes.

#BMHAW24

Day 3 of the Black maternal health awareness week and we are in parliament today!

There will be a Black Maternal Health All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) meeting speaking about the various topics coming out from our awareness week. Stay tuned for more
#BMHAW24 #FiveXMore

It’s Black maternal health week! Despite progress, Black women are still four times more likely to die in pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period in the UK (MBRRACE 2023)

Each day has a different theme all under the overarching goal of 'Advancing Black Maternal Health'

It's Black Maternal Health Awareness Week. Raising awareness of Black maternal health is crucial due to the significant racial disparities in maternal mortality and complications. Systemic barriers, discrimination, and underlying health issues disproportionately impact Black…

“fuck it, i’ll do it!” —black women

Black women are routinely erased from public memory and historical narratives of resistance.

Black women powered the civil rights movement, but rarely became its stars. #InternationalWomensDay

A THREAD!

This year’s #IWD theme is #Inspire_Inclusion .

This joint publication with Liverpool City Region is all about encouraging employers & their employees to be aware of the importance of women’s reproductive well-being and help make it visible.

🔗 improvingme.org.uk/media/1260/rea…

MMHA & British Psychological Society are mapping Maternal Mental Health Services (MMHS) in England. We must build a clear picture of provision to effectively campaign to end the postcode lottery. Please share our survey with your MMHS contacts and ask them to complete it: forms.gle/HHPtMcNnYGJt1r…

MISSING | We are appealing for help in finding #missing 16-year-old Ian Lafferty from #Garston . Ian was last seen at his home on Tuesday 20 February at 9.10am Have you seen him or know where he is? DM Merseyside Police Contact Centre or Missing People orlo.uk/EY7t2

We have launched our call out for images! spectrumlactation.org/contribute to find out more and submit your image. Tell your breastfeeding/lactating friends, patients & community to submit a photo if they have any kind of skin condition #BlackBreastsMatter #BrownBreastsMatter

Here at Warrington & Halton MVP we are really keen to know what the maternity dept do well & what could be improved. If you have used are using or part of the service in the last 6 months please share your thoughts via our feedback page whhmaternityvoices.org.uk

Great privilege to join the celebrations of the WHH 🏥 Homebirth Team’s First Birthday Party! 🥳 🌙

Opportunities to sign-post to local support & share birth stories.

Great to see everyone 💜KoalaNorthWest Warrington & Halton Maternity Voices Partnership Improving Me Maternity Action #Warrington #Halton #Maternity

Following on from #CervicalCancerAwarenessMonth , Jo Hunt, lead midwife for health inequalities at Improving Me, will discuss the importance of #CervicalScreening tomorrow on BBC Merseyside.

Listen live from 7.25am, Friday 2 February on BBC Merseyside.

URGENT & IMPORTANT PLS WIDELY SHARE
If u lost ur partner after 2001 & were unmarried, cohabiting parents, u could be due up to £40,000 backdated bereavement support. The 1yr window to claim slams shut 8 Feb (forms must be IN by then)

Pls check. Full info moneysavingexpert.com/tips/2024/01/2…

De Montfort University, Leicester is inviting applications for an ESRC Doctoral Studentship in association with our collaborative partner Endometriosis UK to commence in October 2024.

Find out more at the link below 👇

At today's Black Maternal Health APPG, we were proud to announce our new collaboration with Petals - The Baby Loss Counselling Charity & Fivexmore_.

The partnership, launching 1 Feb, is a vital extension to our Specialist Support Service for Black & Black Mixed-Heritage women & birthing people.

More info coming Thurs.

A scholarship (tuition fees & stipend) for Black Britons has been set up at Edinburgh University in the name of my late, great friend, the novelist Andrea Levy. Please share. Good luck. 1/2

Lily Gladstone (Siksikaitsitapii/Nimíipuu) cements her legacy as the first Native American woman nominated for an #Oscar for Best Actress.

Join us in celebrating this historic nomination! Congratulations, Lily Gladstone!

#KillersOfTheFlowerMoon #OsageNation