Sanctuary in Maternity course participants receive their certificates
The City of Sanctuary UK annual conference 2022 was a wonderful opportunity to present some of the participants of the…
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Maternity Action Report Breach of Trust
Maternity Action Research on Healthcare Charging
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Maternity Action call for evidence on Asylum Support Pregnancy Payment
Maternity Action are currently gathering experiences of getting the extra Home Office pregnancy payment of £3.00 which pregnant women in…
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Can you support Maternity Action Judicial Review through the CrowdJustice campaign?
Last month, Maternity Action began a judicial review of the policy of charging vulnerable migrant women for NHS maternity care. …
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‘Impact on migrant women of NHS charging for maternity care’ – a talk by Rayah Feldman from Maternity Action at UEA
Maternity Action have launched an important report called ‘What Price Safe Motherhood’. On March 11th, Rayah Feldman from Maternity Action…
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Royal College of Midwives response to report on asylum accommodation
The Royal College of Midwives has responded to a new report from the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration on…
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Red Cross Figures Reveal Destitution Faced by Pregnant Women and New Mothers
The Red Cross has revealed that pregnant women and new mothers were among thousands of destitute refugees and asylum seekers…
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Interviewees needed for new study on migrant women’s experiences of antenatal care during detention
Bradford University Health Studies Department of Sanctuary has an MSc student undertaking a study ‘What are migrant women’s experiences of…
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Guardian report: Pregnant Women without Legal Status Avoid Seeking NHS Antenatal Care
The Guardian has reported that hundreds of pregnant women without legal status are avoiding seeking NHS antenatal care because of…
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A weekend of sanctuary in the Dales!
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Maternity Stream’s ‘Birth with Sanctuary’ film is released
Watch our new ‘Birth with Sanctuary’ film that has been made with the women who sustain the Maternity Stream of…
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The Maternity Stream and City of Sanctuary go to Glastonbury!
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New service providing advice on charging for NHS maternity care and access to care for women from abroad
Maternity Action has launched the Maternity Care Access Advice Service to advise women and professionals on access to NHS maternity care by…
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Refugee week 2016
Refugee Week takes place every year across the world in the week around World Refugee Day on the 20 June.…
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Help us to end pregnancy discrimination – Event 23 May
Come along to our Parliamentary event on Monday 23rd May 2016 3-5pm and put pregnancy and maternity discrimination on the political agenda.
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The national picture of the Maternity Stream
The national picture of the Maternity Stream 2016
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Maternity Stream of Sanctuary Launch in Manchester
A holiday was cut short, time taken off work and diaries freed so that 28 people could attend the launch…
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Migrant women face £6,000 birth bill under ‘health tourism’ laws
Pregnant women living in the UK without documents are having to make difficult decisions about accessing maternity services, potentially risking…