Obstetric Anaesthetist
Edinburgh, Scotland
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Maternal critical care admissions are increasing in Scotland, come and share learning and improvement work with Scotland’s MCC teams
Register at: smaccnetwork.org
How does maternal critical care work in your unit? Make sure you are ready. Be proactive with your planning. Come and find out how - Monday 21st September Perth
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MCCA launched at MBRRACE last week, come and hear @SteveCantellow one of the cofounders talk about their big plans for improving MCC in the UK. SMaCC delighted to be part of the journey.
Just over a week to go until the SMaCC meeting in Perth - Monday 21st September. First chance post launch last week to hear Steve Cantellow speak about Maternal Critical Care Alliance - MCC for the whole UK. Have your chance to be part of the conversation. smaccnetwork.org
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Professor Marian Knight describes this as a “watershed moment for maternity care in the UK”, with the focus now on turning evidence into meaningful, equitable and lasting improvements.
npeu.ox.ac.uk/mbrrace-uk/rep…
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The MBRRACE-UK’s Saving Lives, Improving Mothers’ Care 2026 report brings together national surveillance and confidential enquiry findings to identify where maternal care can improve.
#MaternalHealth #WomensHealth #MBRRACEUK @mbrrace @NPEU_Oxford
And the final session of the day is a focus on what MCC education @Ed_CritCare_On and empowering the local workforce to improve services can achieve.
Details, programme and registration at Smaccnetwork.org
Kicking off the afternoon - Dr Stephen Lapinsky, obstetric physician and intensivist based in Toronto, talking about his work in pushing forward MCC research internationally. To quote MBRRACE ‘protecting mothers by including them in research, not excluding them’
Did you know that SMaCC has a travel and educational grant - next round of application invited next month. Come and hear all about the first award and how it supported MCC experience.
To round off the morning, we have Dr Susie Crowe, President of the Intrapartum Care Society @BICSoc talking about the issues facing maternity and how we resolve them.
Focus on MCC - guidelines from ICS and European Resuscitation Council and introduction to newly launched Maternal Critical Care Alliance (MeternalUK) by one of its founders - Steve Cantellow.
Delighted to be bringing @TheSUPPORT_proj to Scotland. How do we communicate with patients/parents during challenging times? Esther Godfrey and Nicola Harris will share their work with SMaCC.
Only 2 weeks to go until the SMaCC meeting in Perth - final prep being done!!
Great line up and networking opportunities for the maternal critical care team.
Come and join us smaccnetwork.org
SMaCC meeting is now only 4 weeks away - programme finalised!! Focus on MCC guidelines, education and advocacy, communication in challenging circumstances and how we make maternity better for everyone. Details and registration at smaccnetwork.org
Afternoon: challenging inequities in MCC research @StephenLap and outcomes by Dr Gwenetta Curry, Reader in Race, Ethnicity and Health at Edinburgh University. And then a focus on MCC education and staff driven QI.
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Please take a look at the programme for the @mbrrace 'Saving Lives, Improving Mothers' Care' virtual conference 2026.
Anyone with an interest in maternity care and safety is welcome to attend.
Book here: npeu.ox.ac.uk/mbrrace-uk/boo…
Final plans being made for the meeting, great line up. Get yourself registered and join in the MCC discussion and learning.
Less than 8 weeks to go until the Scottish Maternal Critical Care meeting in Perth. Monday 21st September. Focus on improving care - in maternity/critical care, tackling disparities, communication in difficult circumstances. Details at smaccnetwork.org
Abstract deadline extended to Sunday 19th July. Details at smaccnetwork.org
Abstract deadline EXTENDED to Sunday 19th July. Full details for abstract submission and registration can be found at smaccnetwork.org
Share your QI projects and learning with the whole maternal critical care team.