Pregnancy in the UK has never been safer, say scientists from King's College London writing in the latest edition of The Lancet.
Pregnancy in the UK has never been safer, say scientists from King’s College London writing in the latest edition of The Lancet.
In their article, Professor Andrew Shennan and Professor Lucy Chappell welcomed the news from the latest Confidential Enquiry into Maternal Deaths that less than 1 in 10,000 women in the UK die in pregnancy and women who get Pre-eclampsia have a less than 1 in 1,000,000 chance of dying.
“This reduction in mortality in the U.K. in mothers with Pre-eclampsia is quite remarkable. Good care in the NHS, driven by sound evidence-based medicine and disseminated by NICE guidelines, means the rest of the world will be driven to emulate this success. This is a real success story,” said Andrew Shennan, Professor of Obstetrics at King’s College London.
The article suggests that the improved outcomes over recent decades are due to improved monitoring of pregnant women, good diagnosis and timely delivery.
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