Delivery of safe care in midwifery units

This report looks at common themes of 92 maternity investigation reports, where the safety incident under investigation included care provided in a midwifery unit. It identifies four main themes and findings, which include issues relating to: work demands and capacity to respond; intermittent auscultation; how prepared an organisation is for predictable safety-critical scenarios; and telephone triage.

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