Delighted to be reappointed as a Senior Investigator and congratulations welcome to all the new cohort!

Another beautiful infographic from BMJMedicine illustrating the findings of the UKOSS study of extremely preterm rupture of membranes. Great work Laura Goodfellow and colleagues!

Fibrinogen <2 g/L often, but not exclusively, affected women with postpartum hemorrhage. The catastrophic events leading to low fibrinogen are associated with extremely high maternal and perinatal mortality. Marian Knight MBE UKOSS doi.org/10.1111/aogs.1…

Want to be apart of a diverse research consortium tackling maternity inequalities? 🤰 Apply now to our first Challenge funding call:nihr.ac.uk/documents/nihr…

A study, titled 'Impact of maternal risk factors on ethnic disparities in maternal mortality: a national population-based cohort study' by Nicola Vousden was recently been published in The Lancet Reg Health-Europe MBRRACE UK Read more here: bit.ly/3xuGJQT

Are you looking to undertake preparatory work for a programme of research or develop an existing Programme Grant? Apply now to our Programme Development Grants Comp 39! Deadline: 22 May, 1pm 📅 PDG has also had some remit changes find out more & apply: nihr.ac.uk/funding/progra…

Delighted that the final paper from the UKOSS study of covid-19 in pregnancy has been published with pregnancy outcomes for 98.6% of the cohort of more than 16,000 women. Many thanks to all reporters, women and NIHR RHC-NRC nature.com/articles/s4146…

Delighted to welcome Kailash.Bhatia to the #INOSS meeting McMaster Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Our first obstetric anaesthetist! Data from the UKOSS study of re-exploration after caesarean birth shows high levels of subsequent morbidity

Virtual conference - Presenting the MBRRACE-UK 'Saving Lives, Improving Mothers' Care' Report 2024: Thursday 10th October 2024 Virtual conference - Presenting the MBRRACE-UK Perinatal Confidential Enquiry Report 2024: Thursday 12th December 2024 Bookings will open shortly

Great to see the National Institute for Health and Care Research NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre translated into the NHS in England to help ensure pregnant women’s complications are identified and treated earlier

The super inspirational INOSS group at #INOSS2024 Hamilton Canada. All working to decrease Obstetric Maternal Morbidity and Mortality collaboratively. "Do something, do more, do better"

The MAMA study is being set up at NPEU A National Institute for Health and Care Research funded research study comparing 2 pathways of care for pregnant women on a biologic for inflammatory arthritis: Continuing biologics throughout pregnancy OR Stopping biologics before 28 weeks gestation. Watch this space!

Fascinating visit to LifeLab NIHR Southampton BRC today. Inspiring to hear about the next generation of young researchers and how cross-disciplinary approaches between education and health sectors are driving change. And to meet the amazing Kath!

Really pleased to see our SR (rdcu.be/dKmFN) on identification of surgical NEC now in Pediatric Research. 63 methods available but many require external validation to determine which is most effective. National Institute for Health and Care Research NEC_UK Cheryl Battersby Marian Knight MBE Nigel Hall

Delighted to have been invited to give the David Harvey fellowship presentation The Neonatal Society in Nottingham today and talk about wider determinants of neonatal health. Best ever post-talk token of appreciation! Thanks Don Sharkey and the team!

UK neonatal stoma practice 160–200 babies/yr have stoma form for NEC/SIP Closure 2m post formation Large variation practice Time for trial? Retrospective population cohorts Cheryl Battersby, Chris Gale, Marian Knight MBE, RMCH Paediatric & Neonatal Surgery fn.bmj.com/content/early/…

The MAMA Study is looking for obstetric units with a maternal medicine service that see women on biologics for inflammatory arthritis in pregnancy to participate as recruiting sites. If you are interested please email us at [email protected] NPEU-Oxford NPEU

We are recruiting for an implementation scientist for an exciting new programme to develop a new optimised electronic maternity early warning system - advert closing soon! Details here buff.ly/3RGZ18w

Making patient and public involvement in research more inclusive Read more here: bit.ly/4dbvA73 NPEU-Oxford #PPI

Re-exploration following caesarean birth in the UK study. 1 re-exploration per 1282 caesarean births. 187 women went back to theatre - 8.6% had a hysterectomy, 26% level needed level 3 ICU, 2.6% cardiac arrest and 1.6% died.Marian Knight MBE UKOSS doi.org/10.1111/anae.1…