December 2002
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SECTION I: BACKGROUND TO EXPERT GROUP ON ACUTE
MATERNITY SERVICES
SECTION II: POPULATION STATISTICS AND PROVISION OF
MATERNITY CARE
SECTION III: INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS OF MATERNITY
CARE PROVISION
SECTION IV: EVIDENCE RELATED TO COMMUNITY MATERNITY
UNITS
SECTION V: RISK ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT WITHIN MATERNITY
SERVICES
SECTION VI: EDUCATION AND CLINICAL COMPETENCIES
SECTION VII: WORKFORCE ISSUES
SECTIONS VIII:KEY PRINCIPLES
ANNEX A: Remit and Membership of Expert group
on acute maternity services
ANNEX B: Tables and Statistics on Maternity Services
in the year 1999-2000 for Scotland.
Table A.1: Maternity locations in Scotland at March
2000
Table A.2: Number of deliveries by NHS Board and Hospital
Table A.3: Number of deliveries by hospital and deprivation
quintile
Table A.3a: Percentage deliveries by hospital and
deprivation quintiles
Table A.4: Number of singleton deliveries by hospital
and mother’s age on admission
Table A.5: Percentage of singleton deliveries by hospital
and parity
Table A.6: Percentage of singleton deliveries by induction
of labour
Table A.7a: Percentage of births by hospital and mode
of delivery
Table A.7b: Percentage of births by hospital and mode
of delivery
Table A.8: Number of deliveries by hospital and gestation
Table A.9: Number of deliveries by hospital and birthweight
Table A.10: Number of antenatal episodes by length
of stay
Table A.11: Deliveries transferred from another hospital
by type of admission, financial year 99/00
Table A.12: Number of postnatal episodes by
length of stay
ANNEX C: International Models of Maternity Care
ANNEX D: Advantages of Birth Centres
ANNEX E: Exit and Entry Examples to Levels of Maternity
Care
ANNEX F: SUMMARY OF REPORT ON NEONATAL TRANSPORT
ANNEX G: ompetencies and Courses