An urgent call to implement systematic monitoring of a comprehensive set of quality indicators for maternity services

Summary 

This commentary paper proposes that historically the lack of significant system wide reform of the sector may be in part related to the quality of evidence that has informed reviews of maternity services. It calls for the implementation of systematic monitoring of a comprehensive set of quality indicators and makes suggestions about how this goal might be achieved.

Keywords: Maternity reform, Maternity review cycle, Consumer-assessed value, Performance indicators, Perinatal outcomes