Clinical risk management in obstetric practice

This review aims to describe why risk management is of particular importance in obstetrics and to describe the practical functioning of the maternity risk management process in a tertiary care teaching hospital maternity service. In addition recent developments such as Duty of Candour, the NHS England Serious Incident Framework, and the Early Notification Scheme for severe new-born brain injury are also covered. This topic is especially relevant given the number of maternity unit scandals over recent years.