Mother's pain during emergency caesarean highlights UK's ethnicity pain gap
Julie Hammond, a 35-year-old mother from Kent, experienced severe pain during her emergency caesarean, as her epidural failed. Despite expressing her concerns to medical staff, she felt dismissed, sparking discussions on the ‘ethnicity pain gap’ in the UK, where women from minority backgrounds are less likely to receive adequate pain relief during childbirth.
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Published 02 Jul 2026, 16:03 UTC · Updated 02 Jul 2026, 20:10 UTC
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