Reducing Administrative Burden in Maternity Wards with MiRecord

Introduction

Antenatal care is one of the most critical stages in the maternity journey. It helps identify health risks, monitors fetal development, and supports women emotionally and physically throughout pregnancy. But for many NHS Trusts, managing these pathways efficiently remains a challenge.

MiRecord offers a digital maternity record system tailored to streamline antenatal care. It enables clinicians to document, review, and personalise care more effectively while helping teams communicate in real-time.

Why Antenatal Pathways Matter

NHS antenatal guidelines set out a clear schedule of appointments, tests, and scans, including blood pressure checks, anomaly scans, diabetes screening, and fetal growth assessments. Proper coordination of these services is essential to avoid missed risks and ensure timely intervention. (NHS.uk Antenatal care)

MiRecord supports these clinical pathways by providing:

  • Structured templates aligned with NICE and NHS guidance

  • Prompted data entry fields for each gestational milestone

  • Built-in logic that flags missing or delayed care episodes

This ensures clinicians follow a consistent pathway, reducing the chance of overlooked information.

Supporting Joined-Up Care Across Services

Women frequently move between community, GP, and hospital appointments. When records are kept in silos, details can be missed or duplicated.

MiRecord acts as a shared digital record across services, so whether it’s a midwife in a clinic or a consultant in a hospital, everyone accesses the same up-to-date record. Any notes from community visits, risk assessments, or test results are logged and viewable in real-time.

This integration helps reduce admin duplication, supports quicker decision-making, and keeps the entire care team aligned.

Personalising Maternity Care

Every pregnancy is different. Personalised care is now central to NHS maternity planning, with an emphasis on recognising individual circumstances, histories, and choices.
(NHS England – Personalised Care)

MiRecord enables tailored care plans by:

  • Documenting social, medical, and cultural needs

  • Capturing birth preferences in detail

  • Alerting clinicians to pre-existing conditions and family history

It also supports continuity across appointments, ensuring personal preferences are carried through each stage of care.

Empowering Women with Access to Their Care Plans

Transparency builds trust. MiRecord allows secure patient access to records, so expectant mothers can:

  • Review upcoming appointments

  • View previous scan results

  • Track their antenatal progress

This promotes a collaborative approach, helping women stay engaged and informed throughout their journey.

Supporting NHS Digital Transformation

The NHS Digital Maternity Programme highlights the importance of digitising maternity services. Goals include universal access to patient-held records, better interoperability, and reduced reliance on paper.
(NHS Digital Maternity Programme)

MiRecord supports these aims directly by integrating with existing NHS systems and providing an intuitive, maternity-specific platform for clinicians and women alike.

Conclusion

Digital antenatal care pathways offer a real opportunity to improve safety, communication, and patient satisfaction. MiRecord delivers the structure and flexibility NHS teams need to manage care more efficiently while enabling women to take an active role in their health. It’s a practical and forward-thinking step in modern maternity care.