All Maternity articles – Page 44
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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.
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News
NHS Maternity Statistics, England 2004-5
A summary of information from the hospital episodes statistics relating to NHS maternities in the year 2004-05. Among the findings: 20 per cent of deliveries were induced, and the caesarean rate remained at just under 23 per cent.
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News
Healthcare Commission gives maternity unit safety warning
The Healthcare Commission has reminded all NHS trusts to check they have 'robust systems' for monitoring the safety of maternity units following its report into the deaths of 10 women who gave birth at Northwick Park Hospital, London.
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News
Concern prompts maternity service investigation
Published: 30/10/2003, Volume II3, No. 5879 Page 8
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News
CHI made 'mockery' of its role by failure to spot maternity worries
Published: 18/07/2001, Volume II2, No.5814 Page 6
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News
PCTs set to play 'pivotal role' in maternity care
Published: 02/05/2002, Volume II2, No. 5803 Page 8
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News
Maternity cash boost 'built on policy vacuum'
The government's £100m cash boost to upgrade the country's maternity services has been built on a policy vacuum, the NHS Confederation has claimed.