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Maternity teams at Peterborough City and Hinchingbrooke Hospital are celebrating winning the Digital Clinical Safety Award category at the Health Service Journal (HSJ) Awards.

The team's project to use a digital early warning tool to reduce stillbirth and brain injuries through early recognition, escalation, and intervention. The team were one of 8 nominations to be shortlisted in the Digital Clinical Safety category of the awards across UK.

The awards ceremony was held on Thursday 22 June at Manchester Central and marked the fifth time that the maternity team have been nominated for the HSJ awards, but the first time the team have won.

Dr Manjula Samyraju, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist for the Trust, said: “It’s fantastic to be recognised nationally for the work that we are doing and the ongoing improvements that our maternity services are making. I am extremely proud of the teams for this achievement, the hard work and dedication of each member of the maternity department is what enabled us to receive this award.”

One of NHS Resolution’s four key strategic priorities is to collaborate to improve maternity outcomes and to support the government’s maternity safety ambition to halve rates of stillbirth, neonatal and maternal death and brain injuries that occur during, or shortly after, birth by 2025.

Manjula added: “We are continuing to work hard as a service to help reduce the risk of stillbirths and brain injuries through our study on the Digital Fetal Early Warning Scoring framework. The study has been developed to provide an early warning when changes occur during fetal monitoring to achieve faster medical intervention for better outcomes.”

The HSJ Digital Awards celebrate the power of digital products, projects and services to transform care delivery, enhance efficiency, and improve patient outcomes.