Sandra Igwe tells us more about what’s in store for this year’s Black Maternal Mental Health Week UK, and how you can get involved.

Every now and then, this Substack, which is supposed to be about health and technology, veers wildly off course and I end up writing about our Romanian rescue dog Sophie.

It’s vital that Yvette Cooper’s taskforce acts on the Amos and Ockenden reports – and puts the needs of women and families at the heart of maternity services, says professor of midwifery Julia Sanders