MBRRACE-UK: Saving Lives, Improving Mothers' Care 2025 free online course
Free resources to support continuing professional development and preparation for examinations
This free CPD course starting in the summer 2026 will bring together presentations of the findings from MBRRACE-UK report 'Saving Lives, Improving Mothers' Care' published in September 2025 of lessons learned from maternal deaths in 2021-2023.
This four week course of short films is designed to support continuing professional development and preparation for undergraduate and professional examinations.
Alongside the watching the short films we suggest you read the associated chapter in the report. Along with the report, the slide set associated with each film is also available on the MBRRACE-UK website and these slides are available for you to use and share with colleagues in presentations you and they may give.
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Course week 1:
For the first week of the MBRRACE-UK: Saving Lives, Improving Mothers' Care 2025 online course there are three presentations to watch. These three videos will be available on YouTube until 10th July 2026.
Presentation 1: The women who died 2021-23 by Allison Felker
Associated chapter from MBRRACE report: 2. Maternal Mortality in the UK 2021-23: Surveillance and Epidemiology
Associated powerpoint slide set: 01 The women who died in the UK 2021-23
Presentation 2: Multi-agency working for women with mental health conditions by Andrew Cairns
Associated chapters from MBRRACE report: 6. Improving mental health care
Associated powerpoint slide set: 03 Multi-agency working for women with mental health conditions
Presentation 3: Reducing barriers in Perinatal Mental Health services by Andrew Cairns
Associated chapters from MBRRACE report: 6. Improving mental health care
Associated powerpoint slide set: 05 Reducing barriers in perinatal mental health services
Course week 2:
The focus this week is on the care of women with social complexities and safeguarding needs and birth trauma and critical illness. The two presentations by Anita Banerjee, Sophie Russell and Steve Cantellow will be available to watch until 10th July 2026. Details of the associated chapter from the MBRRACE report are provided below for further reading.
Presentation 1: Multi-agency working for women with social complexities and safeguarding needs by Anita Banerjee and Sophie Russell
Associated MBRRACE-UK report chapter: 5. Lessons for the care of women with multiple disadvantages
Associated powerpoint slide set: 02 Multi-agency working for women with social complexities and safeguarding needs
Presentation 2: Multi-agency working for birth trauma and critical illness by Steve Cantellow
Associated MBRRACE-UK report chapter: 6. Improving mental health care
Associated powerpoint slide set: 04 Multi-agency working for women with birth trauma and critical illness
Course week 3:
For week 3 of the MBRRACE-UK: Saving Lives, Improving Mothers' Care 2025 online course there are two presentations to watch. The focus this week is on lessons from general practitioners and lessons from ambulance services. These two videos will be available on YouTube until 10th July 2026.
Presentation 1: Lessons from general practitioners by Becky MacGregor
Associated MBRRACE-UK report chapters: 3. Lessons for the prevention and treatment of hypertensive disorders, 4. Lessons on cardiovascular care, 5. Lessons for the care of women with multiple disadvantages, 6. Improving mental health care
Associated powerpoint slide set: 06 Caring for women outside of maternity care - lessons from GPs
Presentation 2: Lessons from ambulance services by Camella Main and Steph Heys
Associated MBRRACE-UK report chapters: 3. Lessons for the prevention and treatment of hypertensive disorders, 4. Lessons on cardiovascular care, 5. Lessons for the care of women with multiple disadvantages
Associated powerpoint slide set: 07 Caring for women outside of maternity care - pre-hospital care
Course week 4:
Week 4 of the course looks at lessons for the prevention and treatment of hypertensive disorders and lessons on cardiovascular care. The two associated presentations will be available on YouTube until 10th July 2026.
Presentation 1: Lessons for the prevention and treatment of hypertensive disorders by Joanna Girling
Associated MBRRACE-UK report chapter: 3. Lessons for the prevention and treatment of hypertensive disorders
Associated powerpoint slide set: 07 Lessons for the prevention and treatment of hypertensive disorders
Presentation 2: Lessons on cardiovascular care by Rachael James
Associated MBRRACE-UK report chapter: 4. Lessons on cardiovascular care
Associated powerpoint slide set: 08 Lessons on cardiovascular care
We are pleased to be able to let you know that printed copies of the 'MBRRACE-UK: Saving Lives, Improving Mothers' Care 2025: Lessons to inform maternity care from the UK and Ireland Confidential Enquiries in Maternal Death and Morbidity 2021-23' published on the 11th September 2025 are now available to purchase from our online store for a price of £10 per copy inc VAT and postage.
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Back copies of the reports are also available to puchase. Further details are available here