NPEU Work highlighted in The Guardian
Published on Tuesday, 18 August 2026 Post
Prof Julia Sanders highlights in her Guardian Opinion piece how the work of the National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit can inform the next steps for maternity care reform following the recent Amos (Final Reports - National Maternity and Neonatal Investigation) and Ockenden (Final Report of the Independent Review - Ockenden Review) reports. The article demonstrates that the delivery of safe and equitable care needs to be based on robust evidence and genuine partnership with women and families. Julia also notes the Amos report's recommendation for radical whole-system change supported by a National Maternity Commissioner.
Prof Julia Sanders, is co-investigator in the NIHR Policy Research Unit in Maternal and Neonatal Health and Care (NIHR PRU-MNHC) and Professor of Clinical Midwifery at Cardiff University.
Read Julia's thought-provoking piece here: Nothing less than radical whole-system change is required to fix the NHS's maternity services | Julia Sanders | The Guardian
Read more about the work of the NPEU and NIHR PRU-MNHC that is mentioned in the article here:
National Maternity Surveys
- 2024 Survey | National Maternity Surveys | NPEU
- National Maternity Surveys | NPEU
- You & Your Baby 2024 report V1.0 (03.03.26) FINAL
- You and Your Baby Survey Summary v1.0 - 18-Feb-2026.pdf
- Information for parents | National Maternity Surveys | NPEU
MBRRACE
- Maternal mortality 2022-2024 | MBRRACE-UK | NPEU
- Maternal death rates in the UK 20% higher in 2022-24 than 2009-11 | NPEU
Caesarean birth rates
