Reports
Key national reports
MBRRACE-UK Perinatal Mortality Surveillance Report
This latest MBRRACE-UK report on where and why babies died in the UK in 2020 highlights the impact of ethnicity and poverty on the risk of a baby baby dying before, during of shortly after birth.
Perinatal Mortality Review Tool 4th Annual Report
The latest PMRT report captures information on all reviews into baby deaths in the UK and describes why 1 in 5 deaths is potentially avoidable.
National Child Mortality Database Report
The NCMD report into how events around the time of birth have an impact on children dying right up to the age of 10.
National enquiries and investigations
Reading the signals: Maternity and neonatal services in East Kent
This report found a pattern of suboptimal clinical care and a failure to listen to families in East Kent Trust which led to significant harm.
The Final Report of the Ockenden Review
Initiated by the parents of Kate Stanton-Davies and Pippa Griffiths, who both died at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, this report has been ground breaking in the breadth of reforms which have been initiated since it was published.
The Report of the Morecambe Bay Investigation
Driven by the relentless campaigning of James Titcombe, father of Joshua, this report found a ‘seriously dysfunctional’ mixture of issues at Furness General Hospital in Cumbria. Poor clinical care and working relationships led to the avoidable deaths of mothers and babies.