Registered Home Births in Ireland
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The Registered Home Births in Ireland Annual Report published by the HSE in collaboration with the NPEC, presents an overview of the home births service provided by Self Employed Community Midwives (SECMs) and Integrated Hospital Community Midwives (ICHMs) in the Republic of Ireland for the year.
The primary aim of this audit is to provide national statistics and an overview of findings from the HSE home birth service in the Republic of Ireland (ROI).
This audit aims to collect data on the clinical care and outcomes for all women who registered for a home birth, examining both the maternal and infant outcomes of planned HSE home births, including outcomes whereby the care of the woman is transferred for hospital care in the antepartum, intrapartum
or postpartum period. Thus, facilitating maternity services to undertake reviews of its own practices, through monitoring these outcomes with regular audit. This information is essential to ensure that standards of home births in ROI are met.
The report draws on information collected from the planned home birth in Ireland audit, offering an informative resource for those clinicians providing guidance to women and for the women themselves to be self-informed in a clear and transparent manner in relation to home birth as an option in Ireland. The content of each
report reflects the commitment and hard work of many people involved in the maternity services, to which we are very grateful.
For further information on the Registered Home Births Audit, please contact Indra San Lazaro Campillo (indra.campillo@ucc.ie) or Jessica Keane (jkeane@ucc.ie)