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The
Institute was set up in April 2000 as a substantial
expansion of the former Perinatal Audit Unit. Its remit
is to address the high rate of perinatal mortality
and morbidity in the region, and to aid improvements
in perinatal care. The Institute is funded by
the West Midlands Regional Levy Board. Mission
statement
Our aim is to attack adverse outcome
in all three categories of 'avoidability':
- Audit and targeted research to determine why perinatal
mortality is high in the West Midlands, and whether
the causes are avoidable - e.g. prematurity
and its link to neonatal mortality;
- Collaborative projects to assess the feasibility
of service developments - e.g. to improve the poor
detection rates in fetal growth restriction, which
are linked to potentially avoidable stillbirths;
- Dissemination of evidence and improvement in training
- to reduce deaths which are known to be avoidable,
e.g. intrapartum fetal compromise resulting from
insufficient training.
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