Lifestyle & Health | Minority Perspective

RCM says urgent action needed to stamp out racism in NHS

19/03/202106/06/2021RCMLeave a Comment

The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) says urgent action is needed to stamp out racism in the NHS in a motion to the TUC Black Workers conference starting today. It calls for an open and inclusive NHS in which everyone feels that they belong and says the NHS must support and give black, Asian and […]

We must tackle inequalities that lead to baby deaths says RCM

11/12/202011/12/2020RCMLeave a Comment

Confronting the inequalities, poverty, and deprivation causing many baby deaths head-on must be a priority says the Royal College of Midwives (RCM), responding to the publication of a new MBRRACE report published yesterday.

Corporate Science Is The New Inquisition

04/12/202004/12/2020Mark WatsonLeave a Comment

In the 12th century the Catholic church came up with one of the most oppressive, barbaric system of thought control in history, called the Inquisition and it appears that we are beginning to see science, under the control of corporate finance, evolving into a sinister priesthood of character assassination and censorship that is against everything […]

Racism Behind Black Female Deaths In Childbirth

06/08/202006/08/2020Mark WatsonLeave a Comment

Black mothers have pointed to racism in recent reports which show that black women are five times more likely to die during childbirth.

Are We Really Buying Black?

05/07/202005/07/2020Mark WatsonLeave a Comment

Have you noticed how black beauty and hair products seem to be more prominent in TV adverts lately? Is this a sign that black people and black beauty is finally being acknowledged by the mainstream media? More importantly, is all this sudden attention genuine?

Black mental health matters more than ever

14/06/2020Mark WatsonLeave a Comment

With all the focus on racism in the mainstream media at the moment discussing black mental health has never been more important, especially in light of the statistics that Black people are more likely to be sectioned under the Mental Health Act 1983. It’s time to talk!

BMH UK launch National Taser Survey for Britain’s African Caribbean communities

23/03/201714/06/2020Black Mental Health UKLeave a Comment

Human rights campaigns group Black Mental Health UK (BMH UK) has launched a National Taser survey for black Britain, which has been circulated to over 100 black led and run agencies around the country that support or work with people from the UKs African Caribbean communities.

BMH UK’s calls for ban of Taser against detained patients on locked psychiatric wards to be debated in parliament

11/06/201612/09/2016Black Mental Health UKLeave a Comment

Calls by human rights campaigns group, Black Mental Health UK (BMH UK )for a ban on the use of Taser firearms against people detained on locked psychiatric wards, will be among amendments debated on the second day of report stage of the Policing and Crime Bill in the House of Commons on Monday 13th June […]

Diabetes UK is calling for Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Community Champions throughout Britain.

06/05/2016Tony KellyLeave a Comment

Diabetes UK the charity that campaigns on behalf of people living with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes recently started a nationwide recruitment drive to appoint 1000, yes one thousand Community Champions from the Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME) community in Britain. There are not many of these ethnic groups involved in engaging with others about diabetes and […]

BMH UK position paper on State violence against black Britons presented to the United Nations

22/04/201622/04/2016Black Mental Health UKLeave a Comment

The inquiry abuse of black Briton was among the issues raised in a position paper that human rights campaigns group Black Mental Health UK (BMH UK) presented to members of the 18th session of the United Nations Working Group of Experts on people of African Descent (WGPAD), at the Palais de Nations in Switzerland.