Lorraine Pryce, is a trained doula â a non-medical role providing support and advocacy during pregnancy and childbirth â and a member of the Birthrights panel.
She said demand for doulas is rising due to concerns over maternal mortality data. Figures published by MBRRACE-UK found women from Asian ethnic backgrounds face twice the risk of dying in childbirth as white women.
Lorraine Pryce, doula: âThe overriding feeling is . not being heard, believed or trusted.â Photograph: handout
âWe hear the statistics about those who have died in the worst cases but we donât hear from all the people suffering poorer outcomes because of their race who are still living with trauma,â said Pryce. âThis inquiry intends to give those people a voice.â