NIMACH
NIMACH (Northern Ireland Maternal and Child Health) collects and analyses data in support of Clinical Outcome Review Programmes.
The Clinical Outcome Review Programmes (previously known as confidential enquiries), are designed to help assess the quality of healthcare, and stimulate improvement in safety and effectiveness by systematically enabling clinicians, managers and policy makers to learn from adverse events and other relevant data. The programmes have a key role in supporting local, continuous improvements to service quality.
The Clinical Outcome Review Programmes are commissioned by The Health Care Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) on behalf of NHS England, DHSSPS Northern Ireland, the Health Department of the Scottish Government, the Welsh Government, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.
Further information related to the programmes may be found on the HQIP website at: http://www.hqip.org.uk/clinical-outcome-review-programmes/#.WvIDg_6Wzrc
Northern Ireland’s involvement in the national CORPs is commissioned by HQIP on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Services.
Within Northern Ireland, the programmes for maternal, newborn, infant and child health are coordinated via the Northern Ireland Maternal and Child Health Office (NIMACH) which is based within the Public Health Agency.
NIMACH collects and analyses data in support of :
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Maternal, Newborn and Infant programme: Coordinated by MBRRACE-UK
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Child Health programme: delivered by NCEPOD in collaboration with University of Cardiff
Main reports :
1. Maternal, Newborn and Infant Clinical Outcome Review Programme
Perinatal Mortality Surveillance Report for births in 2020_MBRRACE-UK_published October 2022
Previous reports - see links below or click here
Perinatal Mortality Surveillance | MBRRACE-UK | NPEU (ox.ac.uk)
Perinatal Mortality and Morbidity Confidential Enquiries | MBRRACE-UK | NPEU (ox.ac.uk)
Confidential Enquiry into Maternal Deaths | MBRRACE-UK | NPEU (ox.ac.uk)
2. Child Health Programme
Chronic Neurodisability - Each and Every Need NCEPOD March 2018
Island of Ireland Perinatal Mortality report
NIMACH works collaboratively with National Perinatal Epidemiology Centre (NPEC) in the Republic of Ireland to compare surveillance data and learn more about perinatal mortality across the Island of Ireland as a whole.
The first Island of Ireland Perinatal Mortality report which represents the collaborative efforts of the Northern Ireland Maternal and Child Health (NIMACH) office of the Public Health Agency in Northern Ireland and the National Perinatal Epidemiology Centre (NPEC) in the Republic of Ireland was published in September 2017.
Island of Ireland Perinatal Mortality report 2015-2016
Contact details :
Heather Reid, Regional Manager
Sinead Magill, Business Manager
Amy Watson, Information Officer
TP Harte, Administrator
NIMACH Regional Office
Public Health Agency
Floor 4
12-22 Linenhall Street
BELFAST
BT2 8BS
Tel: 028 9536 3481