Birth mothers who work with Pause – and their families – are disproportionally impacted by socioeconomic inequalities. Our influencing work in this area aims to eliminate the disadvantages facing families with experience of children’s social care.
Early maternal death following child removal
This short report – produced with academics from The University of Birmingham and The University of Edinburgh – uses Pause’s observational data to highlight the significant risks associated with the health inequities that mothers face following the removal of their child, and calls for a multi-agency approach post-removal to support these women.
Cost of living crisis
Pause’s Heating or Eating briefing finds that, in addition to having to deal with increased costs in all aspects of their lives – eating, heating and travel – women who have had children removed from their care are also facing challenges in a unique aspect of their lives: maintaining relationships with their children.
Maternal mental health
Whilst Pause is not a specialist in women’s maternal mental health, organisationally we have a unique insight into how current services and processes impact women who have experienced – or are at risk of experiencing – the removal of children from their care.
