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The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has confirmed that the MNSI programme will continue until at least 2030, enabling its investigation work to go further in improving the safety of maternity and newborn care across England.
Since its establishment in 2018, MNSI has carried out more than 4,600 independent investigations into maternity and newborn safety events. Each investigation examines in depth what happened when a baby or mother was seriously harmed or died, identifying the factors that contributed to that event and producing findings that drive improvement, both within individual NHS trusts and across all NHS-funded maternity and newborn services in England.
The continuation of MNSI to 2030 means this work will go further. Families will continue to be placed at the centre of MNSI's work, with their experiences and contributions to investigations informing improvement across the NHS.
NHS trusts will continue to receive the detailed, evidence-based findings that help them identify where care can be improved and take targeted action to prevent future harm. At a national level, the patterns and themes emerging from the thousands of investigations will continue to inform policy, clinical guidance, and system-wide efforts to reduce inequalities in maternity and newborn care. In addition, MNSI will be able to provide expert learning and insight into the recently announced National Maternity and Neonatal Taskforce, to be chaired by the Health and Social Care Secretary.
"Our investigations are rooted in the experiences of families affected by harm or loss, and it is their contribution that drives the learning and improvement our work generates.
"Since 2018, MNSI has built a substantial and growing evidence base through more than 4,600 investigations, and our 2025–27 strategy sets out an ambitious framework for how we develop that work further.
"Continuation to 2030 means we can deliver our strategy in full, develop our investigative approach further, and ensure that the experiences of women, babies and families remain central to driving system-wide improvement."
Read more about MNSI’s strategy here: https://www.mnsi.org.uk/news/mnsi-programme-strategy-published/