Oxford-led study shows ‘bleak picture’ as maternal mortality increases 19% in 2018-20 period
The number of women dying in pregnancy or shortly after giving birth in the UK has risen sharply, with evidence of widening health inequalities, a major report has found.
The report, MBRRACE Saving Lives, Improving Mothers’ Care, found that 229 women died during pregnancy or up to six weeks after in 2018-20, a 19% increase on previous years once Covid deaths were excluded. It also detailed the care of 289 women who had died up to a year after pregnancy in the same period.
