Patient-Reported Surgical Site Infection Surveillance in the NHS following Caesarean Birth

Return on Investment

Annual savings from preventing 364 infections

Turning patient insight into safer maternity care

Health Innovation West of England and five NHS maternity units have transformed a major post-discharge blind spot into a scalable regional programme, giving providers a clearer view of surgical site infections after caesarean birth and the data needed to act with confidence.

With digital support from Cemplicity, the programme replaced manual follow-up with a secure, automated model that captured patient-reported outcomes at scale, helping clinical teams benchmark variation, identify risk, and drive measurable results.