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A new study by MBRRACE-UK at the University of Oxford reveals that six out of ten maternal deaths from 2022 to 2024 were avoidable with better healthcare, marking an increase from previous years and reaching a fifteen-year high. Of the 178 reviewed cases, 108 could have been prevented if proper care had been provided. This rise in preventable deaths coincides with a failure to meet government targets; the current rate of maternal deaths due to treatable complications is 57% higher than it was in 2010.
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Between 2022 and 2024, an in-depth review by MBRRACE-UK at the University of Oxford found that out of 252 pregnant women or new mothers who died, 178 were included in their analysis. Of these deaths, 108 might have been prevented with better care, indicating that around six in ten maternal deaths during this period were avoidable. This rate is the highest since records began in 2009 and represents a 57% increase from levels reported in 2010, despite government pledges to halve such deaths by then. Bereaved families described the rise as 'disgraceful', while medical professionals highlighted under-resourced and understaffed maternity services as contributing factors to these preventable deaths.
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Record numbers of mothers are dying avoidably in maternity care as preventable deaths hit a 15-year high, data shows.
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Some six in ten who died in pregnancy, birth or the postnatal period between 2022 and 2024 could have been saved with better care – an all-time high since records began in 2009.
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The rise comes despite a decade of promises from ministers to improve maternity safety.
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Bereaved families called the increase 'disgraceful', while doctors and midwives warned under-resourced and short-staffed maternity services cannot always provide safe care.
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Of the 252 pregnant women or new mothers who died between 2022 and 2024, 178 were included in the in-depth review by research programme MBRRACE-UK at the University of Oxford.
Its analysis shows that of those, 108 might still be alive if they had received the right care.
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Although maternal deaths remain rare, the rate of women dying due to treatable complications, such as blood clots, is 57 per cent higher than it was in 2010 despite a government pledge to halve maternal deaths compared with 2010 levels.
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Allison Felker, maternal programme lead for MBRRACE-UK, said: 'If these conditions are properly recognised and managed then many of these deaths could be prevented.'
Families take part in a minute silence following the publication of an independent report into maternity care at Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) NHS Trust
She added: 'Mistakes sometimes get made because staff are overstretched.
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But it is also often the case that staff are going above and beyond but there simply isn't capacity in the system.'
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Jeremy Hunt promised in 2015 to cut the maternal death rate to 5.32 per every 100,000 woman giving birth by 2030.
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But the overall rate (including indirect causes) has climbed to 12.80 per 100,000 – more than double the target – while the rate of direct deaths jumped to 5.94 – three times higher than the 1.89 target.
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A Department of Health spokesman said: 'Too many women have not received the maternity care they deserve.
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The Health Secretary has made this issue a personal priority.'
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