NHS England: Saving babies lives version 2: a care bundle for reducing perinatal mortality (March 2019)

Summary

This document is the second version of the Saving Babies’ Lives Care Bundle, which has been produced by NHS England to help reduce perinatal mortality across England. The second version of the care bundle brings together five elements of care that are widely recognised as evidence-based and/or best practice:  reducing smoking in pregnancy, risk assessment, prevention and surveillance of pregnancies at risk of fetal growth restriction; raising awareness of reduced fetal movement; effective fetal monitoring during labour; reducing preterm birth.

Content

What can I learn?

• How to implement each of the five elements, focusing on how processes and pathways can be developed and where improvements can be made.
• Process indicators and outcome indicators for each of the five elements.
• The importance of other interventions outside of the remit of the care bundle, such as continuity of carer models, following NICE guidance, delivering ‘healthy pregnancy messages’ before and during pregnancy and offering choice and personalised care to all women.