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Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

2 stories · discussed at 8 council meetings · 2 councils

Hackney councillors are scrutinising Homerton Healthcare's maternity safety actions and disparities in outcomes for Black mothers.

In November 2026, Homerton Healthcare, which runs Hackney’s maternity services, rated itself amber on nine of ten national actions to make maternity care safer, a report to Hackney’s Adults, Health and Integration Scrutiny Commission said. The trust is not yet fully implementing national safety recommendations. The commission also heard that Black mothers are over-represented in stillbirths and neonatal deaths at Homerton Healthcare.

The Adults, Health and Integration Scrutiny Commission heard in November 2026 that national data shows Black women are almost three times more likely than white women to die during pregnancy or post-birth. This follows national concerns about maternity and neonatal care, which led to recommendations such as the Amos Review.

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a National Health Service foundation trust that provides healthcare services in Hackney and surrounding areas. The trust has seen higher rates of stillbirths and neonatal deaths among Black mothers.

Key facts

  1. Homerton Healthcare rated itself amber on nine of ten national actions to make maternity care safer in November 2026. Source
  2. Homerton Healthcare rated itself green on one point, post-death care, in November 2026. Source
  3. In 2025, 21% of stillbirths and 19% of neonatal deaths at Homerton Healthcare were to Black mothers. Source
  4. National data shows Black women are almost three times more likely than white women to die during pregnancy or in the six weeks after giving birth. Source
  5. Hackney's Adults, Health and Integration Scrutiny Commission heard these findings in November 2026. Source 1 Source 2
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  1. Homerton rates its own maternity services amber on 9 of 10 safety actions Homerton Healthcare, which runs Hackney’s maternity services, has rated itself amber on 9 of 10 national actions to make maternity care safer, councillors have heard. Hackney 13 November 2026
  2. Black women 'three times' higher risk of maternal death, Hackney told Black women are almost three times more likely than white women to die during pregnancy or in the six weeks after giving birth, according to new national data presented to... Hackney 13 November 2026