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 Elizabeth 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 Elizabeth 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
Tina Harris, Jane Hawdon, Harriet Aughey, Natalie Moitt, Kenneth Fearon, Dharmintra Pasupathy, Ipek Gurol-Urganci, Jennifer Elizabeth Jardine, the NMPA Project Team
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 Elizabeth 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 Elizabeth 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
Kate Walker, Ipek Gurol-Urganci, Kirstin Webster, Patrick Muller, Jane Hawdon, Jennifer Elizabeth Jardine, Asma Khalil, Tina Harris, Jan van der Meulen on behalf of the NMPA Project Team
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 Elizabeth 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 Elizabeth 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 Elizabeth 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 Elizabeth 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