All Maternity articles – Page 30
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NewsLondon given until 2014-15 to meet emergency and maternity standards
Clinical commissioning groups in London have given their providers until April 2014 to meet new quality standards in emergency and maternity services.
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NewsMaternity services 'run deficit'
Many of England’s maternity services run at a deficit and have to be subsidised by other departments, the Foundation Trust Network has told MPs.
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NewsJones overturns neonatal care move
Wales’s first minister has overturned a decision to transfer some specialist neonatal care in north Wales across the border to England.
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NewsA fifth of maternity funding spent on insurance
A fifth of maternity services funding is spent on insurance against malpractice, a report suggests.
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HSJ KnowledgeInside Bath’s new neonatal unit
Analysis of how the Dyson Centre compares with its predecessor
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NewsHunt prioritises frail older people’s care
Jeremy Hunt has said he will prioritise improvements in the care of frail older people over the next year, prompting the head of one royal college to express concerns that start-of-life care is being neglected.
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NewsCaseload midwifery 'more cost-effective'
One-to-one maternity care before, during and after childbirth could save the NHS more than £300 per pregnancy, according to new research.
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HSJ LocalNicholson highlights 'significant problems' at Morecambe Bay
Sir David Nicholson has said “cultural problems” remain at University Hospital of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust’s scandal-hit maternity unit.
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CommentMichael White: Telegraph sting reignites abortion debate
Investigation raises the divisive issue again
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NewsRevised negligence scheme 'will not lead to big price swings'
Plans to scrap discounts on clinical negligence premiums will not lead to “big swings in price”, the chief executive of the NHS Litigation Authority has told HSJ.
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NewsExclusive: Morecambe Bay inquiry chair prepared to target regulators
The chair of the independent inquiry into failings at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay has told HSJ he wants the freedom to investigate all bodies involved – including, potentially, regulators.
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NewsPopulation boom means '5,000 more midwives' required
Thousands of extra midwives are needed to help hospitals cope with the pressure of a rising birth rate, experts have said.
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Advice for pregnancy risk patients
GPs are being urged to question women with diabetes or epilepsy about their plans for children to prevent placing unborn babies at risk.
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NewsExclusive: Regulators to face scrutiny at Morecambe Bay inquiry
The actions of health regulators are to be examined by the inquiry set up to probe care failings at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Trust, HSJ has learned.
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NewsConcern over NHS giving commercial access to new mothers
NHS officials have been criticised for letting sales people have access to new mothers just hours after they have given birth.
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HSJ LocalAnalysed: Oxfordshire's 'outcomes-based commissioning'
Will Oxfordshire’s new approach transform services?
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NewsMinister reveals plans for Morecambe Bay inquiry
An independent inquiry is to be set up to investigate poor care at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust.
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HSJ Local
Staffing crisis prompts transfer of troubled maternity unit
WORKFORCE: The troubled Furness General Hospital’s consultant-led maternity services are to be temporarily moved to a neighbouring county in a bid to avert potentially dangerous levels of understaffing.
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HSJ LocalTrust announces internal inquiry into maternity services
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust is to hold an independent internal inquiry into its maternity and neonatal services, after a series of infant and maternal deaths.