Theme 5: How health services are organised and deliver care
Responsive Project
How do midwifery units vary in the way they identify women who are most suitable to give birth in a midwifery unit and how can we safely offer this option to more women? Rachel Rowe (Lead), Ceri Glenister, Jenny Kurinczuk, Marian Knight
Glenister C, Burns E, Rowe R. Local guidelines for admission to UK midwifery units compared with national guidance: A national survey using the UK Midwifery Study System (UKMidSS). PLOS ONE. 2020;15(10):e0239311.
When a woman bleeds heavily after birth in a midwifery unit, how safely is this managed? Rachel Rowe (Lead), Jenny Kurinczuk, Marian Knight, Julia Sanders
Elkington M, Kurinczuk JJ, Pasupathy D, Plachinski R, Rogers J, Williams C, Rowe R, on behalf of the UKMidSS Steering Group. Postpartum haemorrhage occurring in UK midwifery units: a national population-based case-control study to investigate incidence, risk factors and outcomes. PLOS One 2023; 18(10): e0291795.
Morelli A, Rogers J, Sanders J, Kurinczuk JJ, Rowe R. Outcomes for women admitted for labour care to alongside midwifery units in the UK following a postpartum haemorrhage in a previous pregnancy: A national population-based cohort and nested case-control study using the UK Midwifery Study System (UKMidSS). Women and Birth 2022; 36 (3):E361-E368.
For women with diabetes, is it safe to plan birth in a midwifery unit? Rachel Rowe (Lead)
Morelli A, Smith L, Karia A, Marshall A, Plachcinski R, Tyler W, Rowe R. Outcomes for women with diabetes admitted for labour care to midwifery units in the UK: A national prospective cohort study and a survey of practice using the UK Midwifery Study System (UKMidSS). BMJ Open 2024; 14:e087161.
