Council of Obstetric and Paediatric Mortality and Morbidity (COPMM)

• The Tasmanian Council of Obstetric and Paediatric Mortality and Morbidity (COPMM) was established under the Obstetric and Paediatric Mortality and Morbidity Act 1994.
• One of the primary functions of COPMM is to review and classify all maternal, paediatric and perinatal deaths including stillbirths and neonatal deaths in Tasmania.

Australian perinatal statistics

National

• Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)
• National Perinatal Epidemiology & Statistics Unit (NPESU)

State

• ACT - Maternal and Perinatal Data Collection
• New South Wales - Perinatal data
• Northern Territory - Perinatal data
• Queensland - Perinatal reports and information
• South Australia - Pregnancy Outcome Statistics
• Victoria - Consultative Council on Obstetric and Paediatric Mortality and Morbidity (CCOPMM)
• Western Australia - Perinatal and infant mortality

Resources

Annual reports

COPMM annual reports are archived through Libraries Tasmania.

Forms

• Australian Perinatal Mortality Audit Tool (this replaces the National Perinatal Death Clinical Audit Tool)
• Maternal Death Notification Form
• Tasmanian Congenital Abnormality Notification Form
• Tasmanian Perinatal Data Collection Form and Guidelines

Newsletters

COPMM newsletters are archived through Libraries Tasmania.

Other

• ACT Children and Young People Death Review Committee website
• Communication Policy Guidelines
• COPMM Terms of Reference
• Guide to sepsis
• Perinatal Registry Amendment Bill 2005
• Towards National Reporting - Agenda Paper 1

Contact us

If you have any questions about the content on this page, please call us on (03) 6166 1052.

Perinatal forms

Please email scanned perinatal forms to [email protected] or post original perinatal forms to:

Health Information - Monitoring, Reporting and Analysis Unit
Policy, Purchasing, Performance and Reform Group
Department of Health
GPO Box 125
Hobart TAS 7001

If you have any data queries, please call (03) 6166 1012.