Planned Home Birth in Ireland Audit
Self Employed Community Midwives (SECMs) in Ireland provide a home birth service on behalf of the Health Service Executive (HSE). Maternity records of midwifery care provided are sent by the SECM to the Designated Midwifery Officer (DMO) in their respective HSE area. The DMO reviews the maternity records then collates the data using a standardised audit tool.
**Purpose:** The purpose of the audit is to examine both the maternal and fetal outcomes of planned home births, including outcomes whereby the care of the woman is transferred for hospital care in the antenatal period, during labour or the postnatal period.
**Coverage:** National coverage: all planned births with the HSE home birth service are recorded.
Data is collected on an annual basis starting on the 1st of January and finishing on the 31st of December.
Health Category
Theme
Language
Access Rights
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- Organization
- National Perinatal Epidemiology Centre
- License
- Creative Commons Attribution
Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Access Rights | http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/access-right/RESTRICTED |
| Frequency | http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/frequency/ANNUAL |
| Id | 1d3fff3f-cdb5-4d06-80fd-13ef89a087a0 |
| Identifier | NDC-0112 |
| Isopen | True |
| Issued | 2012-01-01 |
| License Id | cc-by |
| License Title | Creative Commons Attribution |
| License Url | http://www.opendefinition.org/licenses/cc-by |
| Max Typical Age | 65 |
| Metadata Created | 2026-03-19T17:17:14.740125 |
| Metadata Modified | 2026-03-19T17:17:14.740128 |
| Min Typical Age | 0 |
| Modified | 2025-03-04 |
| Name | planned-home-birth-in-ireland-audit-112 |
| Notes | Self Employed Community Midwives (SECMs) in Ireland provide a home birth service on behalf of the Health Service Executive (HSE). Maternity records of midwifery care provided are sent by the SECM to the Designated Midwifery Officer (DMO) in their respective HSE area. The DMO reviews the maternity records then collates the data using a standardised audit tool. **Purpose:** The purpose of the audit is to examine both the maternal and fetal outcomes of planned home births, including outcomes whereby the care of the woman is transferred for hospital care in the antenatal period, during labour or the postnatal period. **Coverage:** National coverage: all planned births with the HSE home birth service are recorded. Data is collected on an annual basis starting on the 1st of January and finishing on the 31st of December. |
| Num Resources | 0 |
| Num Tags | 4 |
| Number Of Records | 240827 |
| Number Of Unique Individuals | 417413 |
| Private | False |
| Provenance | Data is collected by the SECM and sent to the DMO in their respective HSE area. After reviewing the maternity records, the DMOs collates the data using a standardised audit tool and data is uploaded to the electronic register hosted by the NPEC or is forwarded to the National Perinatal Epidemiology Centre (NPEC) for analysis. Data is submitted on the secure online NPEC database on an annual basis. |
| Title | Planned Home Birth in Ireland Audit |
| Type | dataset |
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