HSE to engage with groups to reduce maternal deaths among women of colour

The HSE said it is aware of the 'disproportionate over-representation' of ethnic minority women in adverse maternity events in Ireland.

The HSE is to hold engagements with representative groups to determine how to reduce the number of maternal deaths among ethnic minority women.

Of 13 maternal death inquests held between 2007 and 2021, six involved women of colour while all 13 inquests returned verdicts of medical misadventure, which has been labelled as a “major source of concern”.