National Maternity and Perinatal Audit lay summaries (2021)

Summary

The National Maternity and Perinatal Audit (NMPA) has produced lay summaries covering three of its sprint audits into:

• perinatal mental health services
• maternity care for women with a body mass index of 30kg/m2 or above
• ethnic and socio-economic inequalities in NHS maternity care.

The NMPA is a large-scale project established to provide data and information to those working in and using maternity services. The purpose of NMPA is to evaluate and improve NHS maternity services, as well as to support women, birthing people and their families to use the data in their decision-making.

Content

Each lay summary outlines the purpose of the audit, explains key findings and why they are useful, and highlights gaps in the data.

• Lay summary: NHS Maternity Care for women with a Body Mass Index of 30 kg/m2 or above 
• Lay summary: Ethnic and socio-economic inequalities in NHS maternity and perinatal care for women and their babies
• Lay summary: Evaluating perinatal mental health services