Introducing the ONIRY

Rapid detection of obstetric anal sphincter injuries.

Recent figures suggest 3.1% of all vaginal births result in a OASI

This stat is likely to be an underestimate.

20%

of cases the OASI injury was missed at delivery – 2024 MASIC Cost of Injury Report

Financial cost of OASI to the NHS:

  • The highest rate of litigation in clinical practice is for childbirth injuries.
  • £1.1 billion in maternity payouts in 2022/23
    —a figure that’s doubled since 2016/17.
  • £464,998 average cost of an OASI if a legal claim is incurred.

If an OASI is diagnosed and repaired shortly after birth, it’s possible for women to make a full recovery.

Some of the most devastating accounts came from women who had experienced birth injuries, causing a lifetime of pain and bowel incontinence. Many of these women said they could no longer work, and described their injuries as having destroyed their sense of self-worth.”

– APPG Birth Trauma Inquiry