2021-22 programme details
Patient Safety: Maternity and Neonatal Safety Improvement Programme Context for our work: The programme has run since 2016 and has contributed to the national improvement ambition working with all 134 maternity neonatal providers in England. The resulting improvement projects have resulted in significant improvement in clinical outcomes. However, there is still considerable safety improvement work required along with the need to make sustainable change happen.
Primary Drivers: Contribute to the national ambition, set out in Better Births, to reduce the rates of maternal and neonatal deaths, stillbirths and brain injuries that occur during or soon after birth by 50% by 2025; contribute to the national ambition, set out in Safer Maternal Care, to reduce the national rate of preterm births from 8% to 6%; improve the safety and outcomes of maternal and neonatal care by reducing unwarranted variation and provide a high quality healthcare experience.
Secondary Drivers: • Improve the optimisation and stabilisation of the preterm infant • Improve the proportion of smoke free pregnancies • Improve the early recognition and management of deterioration in women and babies
Key deliverables
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Contribute to the national target of increasing the proportion of smoke-free pregnancies to 94% or greater by March 2023.
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Support the development and adoption of the preterm perinatal optimisation care pathway across England by 95% or greater by March 2025.
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Support the development of a national pathway approach for the effective management of maternal and neonatal deterioration using the PIER framework across all settings by March 2024.
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Work with key stakeholders to support the development of a national maternal early warning score (MEWS) and spread to all providers by March 2024.
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Support the spread and adoption of the neonatal early warning ‘trigger and track’ score (NEWTT) to all maternity and neonatal services by March 2023.
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