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Persistent inequalities remain in rates of stillbirth and neonatal deaths in the UK

births, following an increase in 2021. Despite the decrease, the rate remains higher than it was in 2019 and 2020; The stillbirth rate decreased from 3.53 per 1,000 total births to 3.35 per 1,000 total births. The neonatal mortality rate increased from...

Perinatal Confidential Enquiry: The care of recent migrant women with language barriers who have experienced a stillbirth or neonatal death

MBRRACE-UK perinatal confidential enquiry into the care of migrant women with language barriers who have experienced a stillbirth or neonatal death published on the 12th December 2024. This is the sixth perinatal confidential enquiry carried out as part...

Sharing practice

- A regional neonatal mortality review panel Multidisciplinary review of babies reported to Each Baby Counts Reducing stillbirth - working as a multidisciplinary team Review of antepartum stillbirth The Impact on a DGH Stillbirth Rate Prevention &...

Perinatal Confidential Enquiry: A comparison of the care of Asian, Black and White women who have experienced a stillbirth or neonatal death

links to the MBRRACE-UK perinatal confidential enquiry into the care Asian, Black and White women who have experienced a stillbirth or neonatal death published on the 14th December 2023. This is the fifth perinatal confidential enquiry carried out as...

MBRRACE-UK report shows rate of stillbirths and neonatal deaths decreased in 2023 but persistent inequalities remain

of pregnancy. Key findings: Extended perinatal mortality rates continued to decrease in 2023, driven by a reduction in stillbirth rates. The extended perinatal mortality rate decreased to 4.84 deaths per 1,000 total births; The stillbirth rate decreased...

Charlotte Bevan

in maternity research when her first daughter Hope died shortly after birth in 2001. Charlotte worked for Sands, the stillbirth and neonatal death charity for 17 years, as co-lead for Saving Babies' Lives team, representing the charity on the MBRRACE-UK...

Perinatal confidential enquiry reports

report Perinatal Confidential Enquiry: The care of recent migrant women with language barriers who have experienced a stillbirth or neonatal death MBRRACE-UK is pleased to announce the publication of the 6th MBRRACE-UK perinatal confidential enquiry...

FAQ's

of Birmingham, Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, the stillbirth and neonatal death charity Sands and National Maternity Voices. MBRRACE-UK has two main functions: Conducting national...

Slide Presentations

Perinatal confidential enquiry into the care of recent migrant women with language barriers who have experienced a stillbirth or neonatal death Slides This series of slides covers the findings and recommendations from the perinatal confidential enquiry...

Perinatal Confidential Enquiry: Term, Singleton, Intrapartum Stillbirth and Intrapartum Related Neonatal Death

page contains the compiled materials for the MBRRACE-UK perinatal confidential enquiry into term singleton, intrapartum stillbirth and intrapartum related neonatal deaths published on the 28th November 2017. The full report is available below along with...

Parent and service user information

more about MBRRACE-UK on the Information about MBRRACE-UK for Health Service Users page). Representative from Sands, the stillbirth and neonatal death charity, will also be contributing to designing the enquiry and helping to communicate its results....

Pieces of a Woman

characters. In Roma, another award-nominated film which is set in Mexico in the 1970s, the main character experiences a stillbirth. Pieces of a Woman, though, is the first major feature film to put the death of a baby at the heart of its story. In doing...

Parent Engagement Materials

Letter (or email) with PMRT information, to be sent after discharge Parent feedback form when a neonatal death or stillbirth has occurred, to be sent with the letter above (Word doc version) Parent feedback form when a neonatal death or stillbirth has...

PMRT Collaboration

Prevention and Practice Improvement Officer, Sands Alexander Heazell Professor of Obstetrics and Director of the Tommy's Stillbirth Research Centre, University of Manchester. Tracey Johnston Consultant Obstetrician, Maternal and Fetal Medicine...

Perinatal Confidential Enquiries

MBRRACE-UK Perinatal Confidential Enquiry 2020: Stillbirths and Neonatal Deaths in Twin Pregnancies Slides This series of slides covers the findings and recommendations from the perinatal confidential enquiry of stillbirths and neonatal deaths in twin...

MBRRACE-UK Perinatal Report 2024 free online course

Protease inhibitors safer than thought for pregnant women with HIV

whether antiretroviral therapies increase the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes such as preterm birth, low birth weight, stillbirth, and babies being small for their gestational age.* In particular, there has been concern about a type of antiretroviral...

Frequently Asked Questions

of life, irrespective of when the death occurred, or if the gestation is not known, where the baby is over 500g; All stillbirths where the baby is born from 24+0 weeks gestation showing no signs of life, or if the gestation is not known, where the baby...

Thrombotic Microangiopathy Associated Pregnancy Acute Kidney Injury

more likely to die compared to those unaffected4 and fetal mortality and morbidity is also elevated with higher risk of stillbirth/fetal death, significantly reduced birthweight and early delivery for infants of women with pregnancy AKI4. Furthermore,...

The MBRRACE-UK collaboration

for Safer Births Child Bereavement UK The Ectopic Pregnancy Trust Five X More GBS Support ICP Support International Stillbirth Alliance Lullaby Trust Maternity Engagement Action The Miscarriage Association Mothers for Mothers Mummy's Star National...