MBRRACE- UK - the new home for the Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths - reports for the first time.

The author discusses the first reports coming from the Mothers and Babies- Reducing Risk through Audits and Confidential Enquiries across the United Kingdom (MBRACE-UK). Topics covered include the confused period during the demise of the programme running the Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths (CEMD), the new reporting styles such as the gap between a death and the report, and the causes of the deaths. Also discussed is the importance of the hospital location of the sick mother.