"RANZCOG completely agrees with the PMMRC that wider, more imaginative thinking is required to attract women from at risk groups to access early maternity care.
The PMMRC's ninth annual report is available on the Health Quality & Safety Commission website.
The PMMRC (2015) has identified that congenital abnormality and prematurity are the leading causes of perinatal mortality, as well as other obstetric antecedents.
Multiparous women may be more likely to return to a prior LMC, and so early-career midwives may have higher rates of nulliparous clients, who are at higher risk of perinatal mortality (PMMRC, 2015).