Resilience Assessment in Maternity Services

Maternity services need to be able to prepare for adverse events by having in place several important safety structures and processes, culture and programs.

A Resilience Assessment sets out to evaluate the capability of complex systems to maintain safety, flexibility and recover from a range of potential adverse events.

The Resilience Assessment in Maternity Services facilitation guide and supporting resources are intended to assist health services understand the components of mature safety systems and to follow a structured process in order to facilitate a resilience assessment.