The Maternal, Newborn and Infant Clinical Outcome Review Programme annual report has been published looking at improving maternal care in the UK and Ireland. The report looks at the care of 643 women who died during or up to one year after pregnancy in the UK and Ireland between 2021 and 2023. Findings show: 91% faced multiple interrelated challenges including social service involvement, domestic abuse and deprivation; and suicide was the leading cause of deaths occurring between six weeks and one year after the end of pregnancy, followed by deaths due to substance use. The report calls for appropriate pre-pregnancy counselling, recognition of individual risk factors and development of a care plan that considers all aspects of women’s health.
Read the report: Publication of the MBRRACE-UK ‘Saving lives, improving mothers’ care’ report for 2025
Source: MBRRACE-UK
Date published: 12 September 2025
