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MBRRACE-UK

Mothers and Babies: Reducing Risk through Audits and Confidential Enquiries in the UK

Stillbirth and neonatal death rates remain higher in the UK compared to many similar countries, despite steady declines in recent years. These outcomes are further influenced by persistent inequalities based on social and economic status and ethnicity. 

MBRRACE-UK aims to support the delivery of safe, equitable, and high-quality maternity and neonatal healthcare. By learning from confidential enquiries and insights from both local and national perinatal surveillance, the program works to improve care quality at every stage of the maternity and neonatal pathway. 

This national collaboration is led by the National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit (NPEU) at the University of Oxford, with members of the TIMMS group undertaking the perinatal work. TIMMS oversees UK-wide surveillance of late fetal losses, stillbirths, and neonatal deaths, as well as confidential enquiries into perinatal mortality and serious infant illness. 

Colleagues at the NPEU manage the maternal programme, including the national Confidential Enquiry into Maternal Deaths, further contributing to ongoing improvements in maternal and infant health outcomes. 

MBRRACE-UK team at TIMMS

  • Bradley Manktelow (MBRRACE-UK Collaborator)
  • Ian Gallimore (Project Manager)
  • Lucy Smith (MBRRACE-UK Collaborator)
  • Martin Perkins (Software Developer)
  • Caroline Ellershaw (Study Administrator)
  • Ruth Matthews (Researcher)
  • Georgie Page (Researcher)
  • Tina Evans (Clinical Advisor) 

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