All Maternity articles – Page 42
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HSJ Knowledge
Maternity services and breastfeeding: a lot of bottle
Unicef estimates four in 10 English maternity hospitals make no effort to encourage more mums to breastfeed. Daloni Carlisle asks what can be done to get them on board
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HSJ Knowledge
Creating a viable national maternity service
Confidence in flexible community midwifery services should transform current reliance on acute settings, writes Marina Colville
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News
Maternity death rates worsening for poorer mums
Maternity mortality rates have increased, the maternity services czar has revealed.
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News
Home births to be included in payment by results tariff
Home births will be included in the payment by results tariff next year to support choice for women the chief executive of NHS has announced.
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News
Maternity networks invited to bid to become early adopter sites
Maternity networks are being invited to bid to become early adopter sites to speed up the implementation of Maternity Matters.
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News
Report on maternity services in Wales launched
Healthcare Inspectorate Wales has launched its overview report on maternity services in Wales.
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News
Pilot sites sought for maternity reforms
Maternity networks are being invited to bid to become early adopter sites for the government's Maternity Matters reforms.
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News
Uncertain roles for maternity assistants lead to care concerns
A national study into the role of support workers in maternity services claims that a lack of standardisation in training could leave some mothers and babies at risk.The report, from King's College London, recommends putting in place a national framework for training and competencies of support workers. It also says ...
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News
Call for evidence into maternity service safety
The King's Fund has called for evidence to an independent inquiry into the safety of maternity services in England.The investigation invites professionals across maternity services to help identify obstacles to the delivery of safety improvements.For more information click here
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News
Increased choice for maternity care
Health secretary Patricia Hewitt has announced that by the end of 2009 all women will have a choice of maternity care, including the choice of a home birth. She made the pledge in the new Department of Health document Maternity Matters: choice, access and continuity of care in a safe ...
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News
Maternity care review launched
The Healthcare Commission is to carry out a review of maternity care in England following a report published today about the quality of maternity services.The report was carried out by the National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit and was part-funded by the Healthcare Commission. It suggests most women are happy with the ...
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News
Changes proposed for children's and maternity services
National director for children, young people and maternity services Dr Sheila Shribman has published reports setting out proposed changes to children's and maternity services.The reports Making it Better for Children and Young people - clinical case for changeand ...
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News
Maternity unit's near miss
A trust has reversed its decision to close a maternity unit after threats from a local MP to raise the issue with the prime minister.
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Comment
Michael White: maternity woes
'For some, fertility issues are heart-breaking - not marginal NHS issues but utterly central to their lives'
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News
PCTs oppose Manchester maternity shake-up
Plans for a shake-up of children's and maternity services in Manchester are under fire because one corner of the city could be left without inpatient services.
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HSJ Knowledge
Maternity care: eyes on storks
Government pledges on choice in maternity care are at odds with widespread reports of midwives crumbling under the pressure of slashed budgets, writes Daloni Carlisle
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Comment
Maternity services are everyone's baby
Labour's most recent election manifesto promised that by 2009 all women would have choice on where and how they have their baby.
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News
Over 40 maternity units may be closed or downgraded, Conservatives claim
The Conservative Party has claimed it has identified 43 maternity units under threat of being downgraded or closed, of which 21 are midwife-led and 22 consultant-led. Of the 43, 26 of the maternity units are operated by providers which finished the 2005-06 financial year in ...
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News
King's Fund probes maternity services
The King's Fund is to conduct an inquiry into the safety of maternity services in England.The year-long investigation will look at the safety record of maternity services and where progress has been made, and will flag up areas of concern.Read the press release here
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News
Health secretary quashes local objections to back maternity plans
Health secretary Patricia Hewitt has quashed the objections of an overview and scrutiny committee and upheld local NHS proposals on maternity services on the advice of the independent reconfiguration panel.