NHS Maternity and Neonatal

[WEBINAR] – Why History Matters: Strengthening Maternity And Neonatal Safety Through Reliable Access To Historical Data

[Duration: 52.14 mins] This webinar, in association with Digital Health, explores the importance of the person history for the effective and safe delivery of maternity and neonatal services as well as to support reviews, investigations and future learnings. Featuring Gayle Dellow, Lead Digital Midwife, Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Hadleigh Stollar, Chief Executive of Healthcare Innovation Consortium (HIC) and the founder of the EPR Network; and John McCann, VP of Global Marketing, BridgeHead Software.

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[PART 1 BLOG] The Hidden Risks in Maternity – Why Information Matters

In this blog, John McCann reflects on why safe maternity care depends on clinicians having reliable access to a woman’s full maternity history, not just real-time information. Drawing on NHS experience and recent scrutiny of maternity services, he explores how fragmented records increase risk, hinder decision-making, and complicate governance, investigation, and accountability – highlighting the growing safety implications of continued reliance on legacy systems and workarounds.

[PART 2 BLOG] Improving Access To Maternity And Neonatal History – From Challenge to Practical Action

The second blog in John McCann’s maternity series builds on the first, “The Hidden Risks in Maternity – Why Information Matters,” this follow-up focuses on practical steps NHS organisations can take to improve access to critical historical data. It outlines five guiding principles to help make maternity and neonatal information more visible, usable, and trusted supporting safer care and more confident decision-making.