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Taskforce launched to reduce Birmingham’s ‘shocking’ infant mortality rate

Birmingham City Council has launched a taskforce aimed at reducing the city’s infant mortality rate, which is the highest in England and nearly twice the national average. Between 2016 and 2019, 472 babies died in Birmingham before their first birthday, according to data from the Office for National Statistics. In comparison, in Merseyside, which has […]