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Blog post 04/08/2022

Infant-feeding problems during the pandemic

Emergency department attendances fell dramatically and systematically during the early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic. This effect was almost universal, affecting people from all parts of society and for all health conditions. But in our recent paper we highlight one notable exception to this rule -presentations at Emergency Departments for infant-feeding problems increased during the pandemic.

Blog post 15/09/2021

Infant feeding problems, lockdown and attendance at Emergency Departments: what’s going on?

From our previous work, with Nuffield Trust and Health Foundation, we know that lockdown had a significant effect on attendance at Emergency Departments (ED). We also know that this effect was very unevenly distributed: some demographic groups stayed away far more than others.

Black pregnant Woman
Report 11/09/2020

Accessibility of perinatal mental health services for women from Ethnic Minority groups

Barriers to accessing mental health care during pregnancy and the first postnatal year (perinatal period) seem to be greater for ethnic minority women.

Long read 29/11/2017

Understanding future maternity demand and activity using collaborative modelling methods

The Strategy Unit approach to demand and activity modelling has been developed, refined and extensively tested over many years in a variety of heal

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