Who is a child’s legal mother? Must a child have exactly one mother, can it have two or three, or can it have two fathers, but no mother? Or has the concept of motherhood become obsolete and should we just talk of parenthood in a gender neutral way? Questions such as these would have appeared esoteric only a few decades ago, but as a result of new social developments (such as frequent family …
The NHS has many dedicated healthcare professionals and other staff engaged in work to improve health outcomes for low income pregnant women, new mothers and children from diverse ethnic backgrounds, including the most vulnerable. Improving on this work requires an understanding of the areas in which this work is less effective than it could be and of the other barriers to health faced by this …