Tools
The tools on this page will enable commissioners and providers of maternity services to develop their services to meet national policy recommendations:
 | Infant Mortality Self Assessment Matrix - Developed by ChiMat in conjunction with Yorkshire & Humber SHA this tool will enable SHA's and PCT's to evaluate their progress in implementing the plan for reducing health inequalities in infant mortality: a good practice guide. |
 | Maternity Matters Self Assessment Matrix - The questions in this self-assessment are a sub-set of the questions in Standard 11 of the NSF for Children, Young People and Maternity. Click here for user guide. Click here for introductory presentation |
 | The decision support tool will assist you with the thought processes around designing future services across a managed clinical network. The integral risk management tool is designed to challenge thought processes of a multi-disciplinary group. The software can be downloaded from the support group area. Click here for futher information |
 | Focus On: Caesarean Section - This document aims to help local health communities and organisations improve the quality and value of care for promoting normal outcomes in maternity care and reducing Caesarean section rates to a safe minimum. It is one of a series of documents produced by the Delivering Quality and Value team at the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement as part of the high volume Healthcare Resource Groups (HRG) |
 | Strategic commissioning: a state of readiness assessment - maternity services, and children's and young people's services - These working drafts of self assessment tools for PCTs are based on the PCT fitness for purpose programme and have been adapted to highlight key priorities for commissioning services that meet local population requirements and address health inequalities. |
| | Self Assessment Matrices - This website provides access to four tools which are designed to help Commissioners and local health economies assess their progress toward implementation of the the National Service Framework for Children, Young People and Maternity Services. Click here for user guide and here for introductory presentation. |
 | Child and Maternity Mapping - This is an annual data collection exercise for child health services and child and adolescent mental health services, Its primary purpose is to support the implementation of the child policy agenda in particular the National Service Framework for Children and Young People. |