The Policy Research Unit in Maternal and Neonatal Health and Care (PRU-MNHC) began a programme of work in January 2019 with funding from the Policy Research Programme at the Department of Health and Social Care (England) via the National Institute for Health Research.
The NPEU Clinical Trials Unit (NPEU CTU) is a fully registered UKCRC Clinical Trials Unit and typically runs a number of large multi-centre Randomised Controlled Trials.
The NPEU also conducts Social Sciences, Health Economics and Epidemiological Research (SHEER) which includes on-going influential studies.
The latest Saving Lives, Improving Mothers' Care report identifies persistent inequalities and pressures affecting maternity care and sets out new national recommendations alongside practical lessons to improve care for pregnant and recently pregnant women.
Researchers from the National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit (NPEU) at the University of Oxford have published the latest MBRRACE-UK Saving Lives, Improving Mothers' Care report, highlighting the need for coordinated action across healthcare services to improve maternal care and prevent avoidable deaths.
