Perinatal resources

We have a range of materials for perinatal teams to support them to improve outcomes for women, birthing people and babies.


Maternity Early Warning Score (MEWS) resources

This tool advocates a system to standardise the assessment and escalation of potential deterioration in pregnant and postnatal women.

The tool is currently on hold while it is developed. Please contact his.spsppp@nhs.scot for more information.

SPSP Perinatal Programme Measurement Framework – November 2023

This document contains an overview of the measures included in the perinatal programme along with the definitions and data sources. It also sets out the data that participating teams are required and not required to submit as part of the perinatal programme.

Webinars

We offer a programme of topic-specific webinars. You can also access resources from previous webinars we have hosted.

Our webinars are currently hosted on our ihub archive site. Visit them at Scottish Patient Safety Programme (SPSP) Perinatal Programme – Our webinars