Endorsed by National Institute for Health and Care Excellence 2016
The effective use of resources is fundamental to enable health care providers to deliver and sustain high quality services for people (CQC)
The Birthrate Plus® workforce planning calculation determines the required total midwifery workforce establishment for all hospital and community services, whilst the Acuity App assesses real time staffing based on the clinical needs of women and babies for intrapartum and ward areas. Together they support the provision of safe and effective care which is both sensitive and responsive to changes in acuity and workforce.
Birthrate Plus® is the only midwifery-specific, national tool that gives the intelligence and insights needed to be able to model midwifery numbers, skill mix and deployment and to inform decision making about safe and sustainable services. Birthrate Plus® is based on staffing and clinical data that has been collected over many years.
Active licenses of the Birthrate Plus® App to date
Workforce projects completed in the last 2 years
The Birthrate Plus® Tool is totally unique and independent
From 2001 onwards, Birthrate Plus® has been used in all maternity services in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and also in Southern Ireland and Australia
The Birthrate Plus® Intrapartum Classification System was first reported at the Research and Midwifery conference 1988
Workforce Planning
How we turn your data into midwifery numbers using Birthrate Plus® methodolgy
Intrapartum and ward acuity tools
To ensure that maternity services provide safe, effective, and responsive care to women, service leaders need to understand the clinical needs of the women receiving care – and this is where Birthrate Plus® can help.
The new Ward Acuity Tool – February 2023:
The Ward Acuity Tool has been under development over a 6-month period. The team at Birthrate Plus have worked in...
LMNS level acuity reporting
Users of the Birthrate Plus acuity app can now view acuity data for all units in their LMNS via a new development...
Birthrate Plus® abroad
Over the years Birthrate Plus® has been approached by a number of international health agencies to see whether the...