charlotte's and chelsea hospital here in west london, which sees many black and ethnic minority patients, to try and get a better understanding of why black women are at higher risk of having a miscarriage, whether they have underlying health conditions or not, and no matter what their social, economic or educational background. why does a women's skin colour affect her chances of having a healthy baby? dr ekechi runs the early pregnancy unit here. she's also co—chair of the royal college of obstetricians and gynaecologists race equality task force. unfortunately, black women have a number of factors associated with the risk of miscarriage overrepresented, so for example, they are more likely to have a number of conditions that puts them at greater risk of miscarriage, but really, on a more significant level, what we hear time and time again is that black women never feel heard in this space. without addressing the institutional racism