Patient-Reported Surgical Site Infection Surveillance in the NHS following Caesarean Birth
Return on Investment
0+
Responses collected
0%
Reduction in overall SSI rate
0
Infections prevented annually
£728k – £1.3m
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.
