NMPA Research 

Alongside clinical reports and sprint audits, there are several publications by the NMPA team of articles in peer-reviewed academic journals. 

These articles utilise population-level maternity data to answer specific questions related to birth outcomes, or explore concepts related to the provision of maternity care.  

2022

 Obstetric interventions and pregnancy outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic in England: A nationwide cohort study

PLOS Medicine (Public Library of Science) | Site: Click here

Ipek Gurol-Urganci, Lara Waite, Kirstin Webster, Jennifer E Jardine, Fran Carroll, George Dunn, Alissa Frémeaux, Tina Harris, Jane Hawdon, Patrick Muller, Jan van der Meulen, Asma Khalil

 Use of induction of labour and emergency caesarean section and perinatal outcomes in English maternity services: A national hospital-level study

BJOG (An Internal Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology) | Site: Click here

Ipek Gurol-Urganci, Jennifer E Jardine, Fran Carroll, Alissa Frémeaux, Patrick Muller, Sophie Relph, Lara Waite, Kirstin Webster, Sam Oddie, Jane Hawdon, Tina Harris, Asma Khalil, Jan van der Meulen, the NMPA Project Team

 2021

 Waterbirth: a national retrospective cohort study of factors associated with its use among women in England

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth | Site: Click here

Harriet Aughey, Jennifer E Jardine, Natalie Moitt, Kenneth Fearon, Jane Hawdon, Dharmintra Pasupathy, Ipek Gurol-Urganci, the NMPA Project Team, Tina Harris

 Maternal and perinatal outcomes of pregnant women with SARS-CoV-2 infection at the time of birth in England: national cohort study

AJOG (American Journal of of Obstetrics and Gynaecology) | Site: Click here

Ipek Gurol-Urganci, Jennifer E Jardine, Fran Carroll, Tim Draycott, George Dunn, Alissa Frémeaux, Tina Harris, Jane Hawdon, Edward Morris, Patrick Muller, Lara Waite, Kirstin Webster, Jan van der Meulen, Asma Khalil 

 Risk of postpartum haemorrhage is associated with ethnicity: a cohort study of 981 801 births in England

BJOG (An Internal Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology) | Site: Click here

Jennifer E Jardine, Ipek Gurol-Urganci, Tina Harris, Jane Hawdon, Dharmintra Pasupathy, Jan van der Meulen, Kate Walker, on behalf of the NMPA Project Team

 Adverse pregnancy outcomes attributable to socioeconomic and ethnic inequalities in England: a national cohort study

The Lancet | Site: Click here

 Associations between ethnicity and admission to intensive care among women giving birth: a cohort study

BJOG (An Internal Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology) | Site: Click here

Jennifer E Jardine, Ipek Gurol-Urganci, Tina Harris, Jane Hawdon, Dharmintra Pasupathy, Jan van der Meulen, Kate Walker, the NMPA Project Team

 Validation of ethnicity in administrative hospital data in women giving birth in England: a cohort study

BMJ Journals (The British Medical Journal) | Site: Click here

Jennifer E Jardine, Alissa Frémeaux, Megan Coe, Ipek Gurol Urganci, Dharmintra Pasupathy, Kate Walker

2020

 Risk of complicated birth at term in nulliparous and multiparous women using routinely collected maternity data in England: cohort study

BMJ Journals (The British Medical Journal) | Site: Click here

Jennifer E Jardine, Andrea Blotkamp, Ipek Gurol-Urganci, Hannah Knight, Tina Harris, Jane Hawdon, Jan van der Meulen, Kate Walker, Dharmintra Pasupathy

2019

 Evaluating care processes and outcomes to identify good practice and areas for improvement

Infant Journal | Site: Click here

Harriet Aughey 

 Risk of obstetric anal sphincter injury in women having a vaginal birth after a previous caesarean section: A population-based cohort study

Elsevier - European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology | Site: Click here

Jennifer E Jardine, Hannah Knight, Fran Carroll, Ipek Gurol-Urganci

2017

 A step-wise approach to developing indicators to compare the performance of maternity units using hospital administrative data

BJOG (An Internal Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology) | Site: Click here

Rebecca Geary, Hannah Knight, Fran Carroll, Ipek Gurol-Urganci, Edward Morris, David Cromwell, Jan van der Meulen