As part of a new pilot team, the expert panel of clinical experts, patient representatives, lawyers, economists and qualitative researchers will give a Care Quality Commission-style (CQC) rating to the government’s overall performance against each target, grading them from “inadequate” to “outstanding”.
The targets that the government will be assessed on include halving the rate of stillbirths, neonatal deaths, maternal deaths, and brain injuries that occur during or soon after birth by 2025, the committee has announced.
The government will also be assessed on the progress it has made against its commitment that every woman expecting a child will get a personalised care and support plan by 2021 and the majority will see the same midwife throughout their pregnancy.
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