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Breaking the taboo

Breaking the taboo

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 'Breaking the Taboo' is my new podcast on women’s health. In series one, I’ll be looking at the issue of birth trauma by speaking to affected mothers, families, healthcare professionals and campaigners for practical advice.

Like many women - my daughter's birth was not straightforward and this led me to chairing the UK Birth Trauma Inquiry as an MP in Parliament. So listen in and let’s break the taboo!

This podcast is sponsored by the law firm Irwin Mitchell. Crianza y Familias Hygiene & Healthy Living Medicina Alternativa y Complementaria Relaciones
Episodios
  • S2 Ep6: Everywoman Festival on changing landscape in women's health

    S2 Ep6: Everywoman Festival on changing landscape in women's health
    Jul 3 2025
    This week in a special episode our host Theo Clarke takes the podcast on the road to the Everywoman Festival in Cardiff. She joins the panel on the changing landscape in women's health which was recorded live in the main tent.

    Topics that we discuss on the show include: changing the narrative and how women’s health is portrayed in the media; lessons from the UK Birth Trauma Inquiry and the perspective of a clinician in the House of Lords.
    Rosie Taylor is an award-winning freelance journalist, specialising in women’s health. She write for publications including The Times, the Independent, the Telegraph, the Guardian, the Daily Mail and the i paper, and is the host of Mother Bodies, the podcast about postnatal health and why it matters.

    Baroness Taylor is a Deputy Speaker and Crossbench Peer, was on the Assisted Dying Bill Select Committee and co-edited “The Reality of Assisted Dying: understanding the issues”. A palliative medicine doctor, she established Marie Curie’s Penarth Hospice and is Vice-President of Cardiff’s City Hospice.

    Theo Clarke was the Member of Parliament for Stafford. She chaired the first parliamentary inquiry into birth trauma in British history and previously set up the All Party Parliamentary Group on Birth Trauma in the House of Commons. She won 'Political Speech of the Year' at the Parliamentarian of the Year Awards and was included in the Top 100 Women in Westminster in 2024. Theo is the author of a bestselling memoir 'Breaking the Taboo: why we need to talk about birth trauma'.

    Diane Danzebrink (Chair) is a personal and corporate consultant, speaker, educator and the author of Making Menopause Matter. She founded the purpose over profit organisation Menopause Support in 2015 and has led the call for better menopause care and support in the U.K. with her national #MakeMenopauseMatter campaign since 2018

    Don’t suffer in silence! Listen in and let’s break the final taboo in women’s health #breakingthetaboo.

    This podcast is sponsored by the law firm Irwin Mitchell.

    DISCLAIMER: This show is not intended to be medical advice please seek advice from a GP or Doctor.

    Everywoman Festival: Offering education, empowerment and support for women's health across generations https://www.everywomanfest.com/aboutus

    Website: http://www.theo-clarke.org.uk/podcast

    Read 'Breaking the Taboo' here.

    Instagram: @theoclarkemp @rosietaylorjournalism @dianedanzebrink

    Breaking The Taboo production team:

    Producer: Natasha Feroze
    Researcher: Max Austin and Elliott Malik
    Designer: Emily Ryder
    Social media: Bella Carter
    Studio manager: Adam Woodward
    Studio: Studio 55 part of Wolfe Power Club
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    43 m
  • S2 Ep6: Maternity care: what difference will an investigation make? Special podcast with Rosie Duffield MP

    S2 Ep6: Maternity care: what difference will an investigation make? Special podcast with Rosie Duffield MP
    Jun 27 2025
    This week in a special episode our host Theo Clarke is joined by Rosie Duffield MP, the Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Birth Trauma in the UK Parliament. We discuss the Health Secretary’s recent announcement of a rapid national maternity investigation.

    Topics that we discuss on the show include: the Government’s approach to maternity care; lessons and recommendations from the Birth Trauma Inquiry; the work of the cross party APPG for birth trauma; campaigning to improve postnatal care and why women’s heath is often ignored in Government policy.

    Rosie Duffield is the Member of Parliament for Canterbury, Whitstable and the Villages and Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Birth Trauma. She co-chaired the Birth Trauma Inquiry in Parliament with Theo in 2024 which resulted in changes to NHS policy and improvements to maternity care announced by the then UK Government.

    UK Birth Trauma Inquiry Report
    https://www.theo-clarke.org.uk/birth-trauma-report

    Birth Trauma Association
    https://www.birthtraumaassociation.org

    Don’t suffer in silence! Listen in and let’s break the final taboo in women’s health #breakingthetaboo.

    This podcast is sponsored by the law firm Irwin Mitchell.

    DISCLAIMER: This show is not intended to be medical advice please seek advice from a GP or Doctor.

    Website: http://www.theo-clarke.org.uk/podcast

    Instagram: @theoclarkemp

    Breaking The Taboo production team:

    Producer: Natasha Feroze
    Researcher: Max Austin and Elliott Malik
    Designer: Emily Ryder
    Social media: Bella Carter
    Studio manager: Adam Woodward
    Studio: Studio 55 part of Wolfe Power Club
    Más Menos
    42 m
  • S2 Ep5: Black maternal health and birth trauma

    S2 Ep5: Black maternal health and birth trauma
    Jun 26 2025
    This week our host Theo Clarke is joined by Tinuke Awe and Clo Abe, co-founders of Five X More, to break the taboo on black maternal health and birth trauma in the UK. They reflect on the experiences that led them to campaign on this issue; discuss data about inequalities in healthcare, and explain how their work is helping affected families with some practical tools for parents.

    Topics that we discuss on the show include: ending racial disparities in maternity care; rights in childbirth; maternity safety; the importance of peer support; mental health support for black mothers; and ways the UK Government can end inequalities in healthcare.

    Tinuke Awe is the co-founder of Five X More CIC – an award-winning organisation campaigning to improve Black maternal health outcomes in the UK. She is also the founder of Mums & Tea, a social platform aimed at connecting Black mums and building supportive communities. Black motherhood and parenthood are central to Tinuke’s work, and she is passionate about creating accessible resources and spaces for the advancement and empowerment of Black families.

    Clo Abe is co-founder of Five X More, an organisation founded in 2019 in response to the MBRRACE reports highlighting that Black women were five times more likely to die during pregnancy and childbirth than white women (current figures show it is still four times more likely). She has worked in maternity units in hospitals across London and was an Expert by Experience for NHS England/Improvement contributing to the Ockenden Report. She helped develop the Maternity and Neonatal Independent Senior Advocate role and is founder of Prosperitys, a maternal wellbeing social enterprise supporting Black and Ethnic Minority parents with a focus on early intervention, perinatal mental health awareness, and tackling social isolation.

    Don’t suffer in silence! Listen in and let’s break the final taboo in women’s health #breakingthetaboo.

    Five X More: https://www.fivexmore.com/
    Six Steps to Safer Care (Five X More): https://fivexmore.org/6steps
    Tommy’s Midwife Video Call Service: https://www.tommys.org/pregnancy-information/about-tommys-pregnancy-information/video-call-service
    Your Basic Birth Rights (translated): https://birthrights.org.uk/factsheets/your-basic-birth-rights-translated/

    This podcast is sponsored by the law firm Irwin Mitchell.

    DISCLAIMER: This show is not intended to be medical advice please seek advice from a GP or Doctor.

    Website: http://www.theo-clarke.org.uk/podcast

    Instagram: @theoclarkemp

    Breaking The Taboo production team:

    Producer: Natasha Feroze
    Researcher: Max Austin and Elliott Malik
    Designer: Emily Ryder
    Social media: Bella Carter
    Studio manager: Adam Woodward
    Studio: Studio 55 part of Wolfe Power Club
    Más Menos
    47 m
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