New study aims to improve maternity care for women with multiple health conditions
NCT ID NCT07207759
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study will interview pregnant and postnatal women who have two or more long-term health conditions, as well as their midwives and other healthcare professionals. The goal is to understand their experiences and challenges with midwifery care. The findings will be used to co-design guidance to improve care for this group.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to better, more personalized midwifery care for pregnant women with multiple long-term health conditions.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage qualitative study with only 80 participants, so findings may not apply to all settings or populations.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 80 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Oct 2025
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Apr 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Interviews: Women and staff with a range of physical and mental health long term conditions. Midwives and maternity healthcare professionals who provide care for women with MLTC such as obstetricians, obstetric physicians, or those in medicine, perinatal mental health and primary care. Co-design meetings: Some participants will be purposefully sampled from those who participated in interviews. If the desired sample size is not met through those participating in interviews, a further purposive sample will be recruited through third sector and professional networks and direct approach of potential participants at each site.
- Ages
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18 to 69 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: Interviews Women and birthing people * Women and birthing people with two or more pre-existing long-term health conditions (see appendix one) who are pregnant or postnatal or have given birth in the last 2 years * Able to provide consent * Able to participate in English or through an interpreter * Age 18 or over Midwives and maternity health care professionals NHS maternity staff including midwives and healthcare professionals who provide or manage care for women with two or more long-term health conditions e.g., obstetricians, obstetric physicians, medicine, perinatal mental health, and primary care. Co-design meetings * Women and birthing people with two or more long-term health conditions who are pregnant or postnatal or have given birth in the last 3 years (to include those who have given birth in the last 2 years at the beginning of the study who participated in an interview * Partners/supporters/significant others of women with two or more long-term health conditions who are pregnant or postnatal or have given birth in the last 3 years * Able to provide consent * Able to participate in English or through an interpreter * Age 18 or over * NHS maternity staff including midwives and healthcare professionals who provide care or manage services for women with two or more long-term health conditions * Members of the Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement Group and Project Advisory Group * Representatives from the study third sector partners (Maternal Mental Health Alliance, Action on Pre-eclampsia and Social Action for Health) * Representatives from other relevant third sector organisations * Health policy makers and commissioners Exclusion Criteria: Interviews Women and birthing people * Women and birthing people without two or more pre-existing long-term health conditions * Those who are not pregnant or have not given birth in the last two years * Those who refuse or are unable to give consent * Age under 18 * Age over 60 Midwives and maternity health care professionals NHS maternity staff including midwives and healthcare professionals who do not provide or manage care for women with two or more pre-existing long-term health conditions Co-design meetings * Those who refuse or are unable to give consent * Age under 18
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