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Maternal near‐miss case reviews: the UK approach
Author(s) -
Knight M,
Lewis G,
Acosta CD,
Kurinczuk JJ
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/1471-0528.12802
Subject(s) - confidentiality , incidence (geometry) , inclusion (mineral) , medicine , maternal morbidity , pregnancy , maternal health , medical emergency , pediatrics , family medicine , environmental health , psychology , computer security , computer science , health services , social psychology , physics , biology , optics , genetics , population
The UK has a well‐established programme of Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths and a national system for research into near‐miss maternal morbidities, the UK Obstetric Surveillance System. The addition of a programme of near‐miss case reviews, the Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Morbidity, permits a complete examination of the incidence, risk factors, care and outcomes of the severest complications in pregnancy, and enables the lessons learnt to improve future care to be identified more quickly. This in turn allows for more rapid inclusion of recommendations into national guidance and hence the potential of better health for both women and babies.