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Disparities In Access to the Northwest Ambulance Service During Pregnancy, Birth and Postpartum Period and Its Association With Neonatal and Maternal Outcomes

NCT07049263 · Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 18000

Last updated 2025-10-02

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Summary

This study is the first in the United Kingdom (UK) to look at how women and families from different backgrounds use ambulance services during the 'perinatal period' - through pregnancy, birth, and shortly after having a baby. The researchers want to understand whether all women have the same access to urgent and emergency maternity care, and whether there are differences in health outcomes for mothers and babies who use ambulance services.

The study has two parts (called Work-Packages):

Work Package One will look at data from women who were taken by ambulance to a Manchester University National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust (MFT) maternity unit during the perinatal period, compared with those who had a baby at MFT but were not taken there by ambulance. It will look at the differences between the two groups and their health outcomes.

Work Package Two will look closely at the text written by paramedics within ambulance records for some women from Work Package One, especially those at increased risk of a poor outcome. The researchers will study what happened during their care journey and look for anything that happens repeatedly within the text to better understand their experiences.

By combining the results from both work packages, the study aims to give a detailed picture of how different women access emergency maternity care and outcomes for themselves and their babies. This will help identify ways to improve services, especially for women who may face barriers to getting the care they need, helping to make sure that maternity care is safe, fair, and more effective for everyone.

Conditions

  • Emergency Maternity Care
  • Health Inequalities in Maternity Care Access
  • Disparities in Access to Maternity Care
  • Deprivation
  • Ethnicity
  • Ambulances
  • Pre-hospital

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

    lead OTHER_GOV

Eligibility

Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-09-01
Primary Completion
2026-06-01
Completion
2026-06-02

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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