Confidential Enquiry into Maternal and Child Health

Scotland

CEMACH Scotland covers the country, with 14 Health Board regions. The regional office in Scotland currently undertakes as part of the CEMACH work programme the Confidential Enquiry into Maternal Health continuing the programme of enquiries into every maternal death occurring within 12 months of delivery for Scottish residents and non-residents whose death occurred in this region.

At present, our work is still under the Scottish Programme for Clinical Effectiveness in Reproductive Health (SPCERH) banner via the University of Edinburgh, but funded by NHS Quality Improvement Scotland (NHS QIS). NHS QIS will take over our core programme in October this year. For information on this, please see the SPCERH.

We have close links with the Information and Statistics Division (ISD), and many of our reports are found on their website, especially our SPIMMR reports (Scottish Perinatal & Infant Mortality & Morbidity Report) . Our own Scottish Stillbirth & Infant Death Survey (SSBIDS) is similar to the English Perinatal Mortality Surveillance. We also have a close link with the General Register Office Scotland.

Other useful links for Scotland:

• Scotland’s Health on the Web (SHOW)
• Scottish Programme for Clinical Effectiveness in Reproductive Health (SPCERH)
• University of Edinburgh NHS QIS.