Resources

Maternity care documents and organisations

These external links are provided for information and do not imply endorsement of particular organisations

• Maternity Services Liaison Committee (MSLC) resources
• Local resources
• National/international resources
• Organisations concerned with maternity care
• Campaigns and initiatives

Maternity Services Liaison Committee (MSLC) resources

• MSLCs consensus statement NCT, RCM,RCOG
• Running your Maternity Services Liaison Committee
• London Strategic Clinical Networks Patient and Public Involvement – best practice case studies
• MSLC leaders facebook group
• List of links to other MSLCs and further resources

Local resources

Care Quality Commission reports:

For previous CQC maternity services survey reports (including local summaries) see national/international resources below

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National/international resources

• National Maternity Review report
• England maternity statistics (see also BirthChoiceUK)
• Europe maternity statistics
• MBRRACE-UK reports: confidential enquiries into maternal and perinatal mortality and morbidity
• Care Quality Commission maternity survey 2015
• Further information on CQC website (including summaries for each individual maternity service)
• NPEU National survey of women’s experiences of maternity care 2014
• Care Quality Commission maternity survey 2013
• National Audit Office Maternity services report 2013
• Support Overdue – WI report of women’s experiences of the maternity services 2013
• Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman Midwifery supervision and regulation report 2013
• Royal College of Midwives: State of the Maternity Services 2015
• Royal College of Midwives: Maternal mental health 2014

Organisations concerned with maternity care

• Association for Improvements in the Maternity Services (AIMS)
• Association of Radical Midwives (ARM)
• BirthChoice UK
• Birthrights
• Care Quality Commission (CQC)
• HealthWatch
• National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
• Maternity-related NICE guidelines
• Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)
• Royal College of Midwives (RCM)
• Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG)

Campaigns and initiatives

• Royal College of Midwives – Better Births initiative
• Royal College of Midwives normal birth resources
• A midwife for me and my baby