DHSC News: Government orders independent inquiry following Lucy Letby verdict

Government orders independent inquiry following Lucy Letby verdict • Inquiry announced into circumstances behind the murders and attempted murders of babies at Countess of Chester Hospital to help ensure families get the answers they need• The inquiry will look at the circumstances surrounding the deaths and incidents, including how concerns raised by clinicians were dealt with• Continue Reading

Health equality has been de-prioritised for decades

Sharing her own experiences of living with endometriosis, Emily Morrison highlights the ‘triple injustice’ in knowledge and evidence, gender identity, and social policy that perpetuate health inequity. This year’s International Women’s Day (IWD) brought mixed feelings for me. My appreciation for the activism that has continued to drive women’s rights since 1909 sits alongside my Continue Reading

Menstruation and Indian Cultural Practices: Period, Pollution and Purity – Rittika Dasgupta

Menstruation and Indian Cultural Practices: Period, Pollution and Purity by Rittika Dasgupta This article highlights how menstruation is viewed largely by the Hindu community in India and it suggests ways to combat it. I use the term ‘menstruator’ consciously throughout the article to keep it gender-neutral. However, I also use the term ‘woman’, when it Continue Reading

BCU conference to tackle endometriosis inequalities

People from marginalised communities are being harmed through the repetition of historic stereotypes of endometriosis, according to a leading Birmingham City University academic. Dr Annalise Weckesser, a medical anthropologist at BCU, said that a failure to take seriously the suffering of people with the condition is the root cause of failures to significantly shorten diagnosis times Continue Reading

A third of young people across the UK are missing school due to a lack of access to period products

DATE: 26th May 2023: A third of young people across the UK are missing school due to a lack of access to period products and the shame surrounding periods in schools.  New data commissioned by a group of UK charities fighting period poverty; Birmingham based charity Cysters, Irise, In Kind Direct, Freedom4Girls and Bloody Good Continue Reading

Donors urged to update their contact details as UK fertility regulator anticipates hundreds of donor offspring requests

As the first donor conceived children become eligible to find their donor since the removal of donor anonymity in the UK, new data* from the HFEA shows: The UK’s fertility regulator is urging egg and sperm donors to update their contact details to avoid disappointing their offspring, as new data shows around 30 donor conceived Continue Reading