Health Service Journal
Maternity
Stories with this category.
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New thinking about the future of maternity care
17-Jan-2013
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Leicester employs more midwives
21-Nov-2012
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Government puts £25m into maternity care
12-Nov-2012
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Call for more antenatal depression support
12-Nov-2012
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Concerns about consultant who delivered prime minister's baby date back more than 10 years
8-Nov-2012
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Readers' letters - 8 November 2012
8 November 2012
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£3.1bn spent over NHS pregnancy errors
29-Oct-2012
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'No substance' to clinical network claims
16-Oct-2012
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Readers' letters - 11 October 2012
10-Oct-2012
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Gas technique used to kill hospital bug
4-Oct-2012
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How to use healthcare apps to your advantage
4 October 2012
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In defence of small hospitals
27 September 2012
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Manchester maternity review: premature celebrations
27 September 2012
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CQC's 'hands are tied' on enforcement action
24-Sep-2012
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NHS North West faces fresh probe over Morecambe Bay scandal
21-Sep-2012
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New rules to tackle drugs lottery
28-Aug-2012
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NW midwives volunteer in overseas aid programme
10-Aug-2012
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Avoid budgetary stretch marks
26 July 2012
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CQC reveals abortion law breaches
13-Jul-2012
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A quality campaign to reflect quality services
5 July 2012
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McKinsey partner: 'Women could do most antenatal care themselves'
21-Jun-2012
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Berkshire bosses set out reconfiguration plans
20-Jun-2012
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North Kent trusts look to London to boost market share
19-Jun-2012
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Decision due on Leicester maternity plans
15-Jun-2012
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The benefits of centralised emergency services are less than clear
14-Jun-2012
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Ombudsman's claims on care quality complaint 'did not stand up '
24-May-2012
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Morecambe Bay 'not sustainable' without reconfiguration, says new chief
22-May-2012
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Burstow attacks move to close his local A&E
9-May-2012
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Doctors acting illegally over abortion consent, inspection shows
23-Mar-2012
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Labour of love: making a maternity services reconfiguration successful
6-Mar-2012
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'Prudent' regulator amasses 50 per cent surplus
15-Feb-2012
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Trust backtracks on umbilical blood collections
15-Feb-2012
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Chief midwife brands Lansley's comments 'below the belt'
26-Jan-2012
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How to improve patient satisfaction in maternity services
25-Jan-2012
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Regulator to investigate emergency care at Morecambe Bay FT
17-Jan-2012
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NHS Wirral announces first ever private maternity deal
7-Dec-2011
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Michael White: freedom to choose doesn't stop bad decisions
1-Dec-2011
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Maternity services 'overwhelmed' by rising births
23-Nov-2011
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Second London reconfiguration approved
27-Oct-2011
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Why life insurance is a vital consideration for new parents
26-Oct-2011
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Can maternity care learn from how the retail sector operates?
13 October 2011
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University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay withdraws bid to take over neighbouring trust
12-Oct-2011
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SHA calls ‘risk summit’ over Morecambe Bay maternity services
28-Sep-2011
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Unions could resist reforms through 'non-cooperation'
19-Sep-2011
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Changes to improve maternity care outlined
19-Sep-2011
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First large hospital merger approved by CCP
31-Aug-2011
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Pregnancy-related deaths rise 'worrying' doctors
10-Aug-2011
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Bury rules out plans for a standalone midwife unit
2-Aug-2011
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Maternity units 'struggling' with rising birth rates
25-Jul-2011
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Maternity services need radical reform - RCOG
14-Jul-2011
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Overview and scrutiny panel responsible for 'a tragedy', councillor says
8-Jul-2011
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Battling the elements: how one trust's fight for foundation status holds valuable lessons
28-Jun-2011
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How clinically driven antenatal care can deliver better value maternity services
13-Jun-2011
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'Patient-friendly' IVF centre opens
6-May-2011
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North West London Hospitals Trust over performing against maternity contract
5-May-2011
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Croydon Hospital found to be missing CQC standards
28-Apr-2011
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Barking, Havering and Redbridge has until Friday to rectify maternity problems
11-Apr-2011
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Midwifery indicators behind target and down on year for NHS Newham
5-Apr-2011
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New deadline for revised Barnet and Chase Farm reconfiguration plans
5-Apr-2011
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NHS Richmond agrees year-end settlements with two key providers
28-Mar-2011
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South Tees Hospitals offers new diagnostic test
23-Mar-2011
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Trusts back reorganisation of services
22-Mar-2011
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Midwife numbers to be reviewed
17 March 2011
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Midwife-led units threatened by falling birth rates
10 March 2011
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Women’s hospitals hit by tariff change
10 March 2011
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CQC warning over safety of maternity services at trust
4-Mar-2011
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NHS Herefordshire under-performs on breastfeeding target
2-Mar-2011
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Safety breach risk at North Middlesex University Hospital neonatal unit
1-Mar-2011
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Liverpool Women’s FT behind on five CQUIN commitments
25-Feb-2011
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Your Humble Servant: A twit tweets
24 February 2011
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Readmissions payment ban will cost hospitals £790m and create 'perverse incentives' - Confed
18-Feb-2011
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Shake-up opposed by Lansley gets green light
17 February 2011
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Improving maternity services with better postnatal support
10-Feb-2011
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East Sussex Hospitals pilots maternity phone triage service
9-Feb-2011
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Reconfiguration plans delayed until spring
4-Feb-2011
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Government confusion over midwife numbers boost
1-Feb-2011
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Nicholson midwives claim 'an error'
26-Jan-2011
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Trust ordered to pay £6.4m negligence claim
25-Jan-2011
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The NHS Commissioning Board: biggest of the big spenders
24-Jan-2011
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Last of London's contentious reconfigurations set to be approved
21-Jan-2011
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'We all know what’s wrong with the NHS'
19-Jan-2011
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The health bill in the news
19-Jan-2011
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Trust in breach of six CQC standards
19-Jan-2011
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Chief execs at two "challenged trusts" change roles
12-Jan-2011
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Kent maternity services to be reviewed
12-Jan-2011
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Lansley confirms Maidstone to close maternity unit
22-Dec-2010
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Another reconfiguration passes Lansley's 'four tests'
15-Dec-2010
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Call for action on teen pregnancy services
14-Dec-2010
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All admitted patients to have blood clot test
10-Dec-2010
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First single room-only hospital opens
10-Dec-2010
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Coalition to fight EU on maternity leave extension
6-Dec-2010
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Hospital trust announces merger proposals
6-Dec-2010
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Circle wins battle to run hospital
2 December 2010
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Maternity units may close, despite pre election pledges
30-Nov-2010
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Media Watch: All eyes are on Lansley
25 November 2010
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Mid Staffs advised to shed some services
24-Nov-2010
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RCM highlights maternity care variations
19-Nov-2010
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Government backtracks to hand maternity to GPs
8-Nov-2010
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GPs stung by maternity services rebuff
4 November 2010
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GPs 'outraged' at central commissioning of maternity services
29-Oct-2010
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MP calls for NAO investigation into 'misguided' halting of reconfiguration plans
19-Oct-2010
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Maternity ward sealed off over skin infection
18-Oct-2010
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Caesarean rates 'vary widely' in UK
8-Oct-2010
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Midwives warn increasing competition in NHS could destabilise services
5-Oct-2010
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'Patient safety demands adequate resources, effectively applied'
30 September 2010
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Trust apologises after delivery errors leave baby brain damaged
29-Sep-2010
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NHS London revives Queen Mary's Sidcup closure plans amid patient safety concerns
22-Sep-2010
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Michael White: Is the summer silly season over?
16 September 2010
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GP and midwife vacancies rising
27-Aug-2010
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FT proposals: 'difficult questions' remain
26 August 2010
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NHS reorganisation: don't leave the patients behind
26 August 2010
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Hospital criticised over maternity unit standards
17-Aug-2010
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National Childbirth Trust wants maternity providers to go it alone
4-Aug-2010
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Maternal mortality in Africa
30-Jul-2010
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Don’t sideline sexual health, warn clinicians
22 July 2010
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Staffing problems may increase infant death rate
16-Jul-2010
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Top mark for maternity service
13-Jul-2010
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Patients to be given choice of GP and consultant
12-Jul-2010
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Report critical of infant death responses
12-Jul-2010
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Cost of axing hospital redesigns must be counted
8 July 2010
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Lansley halts maternity unit closure
21-Jun-2010
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Scotland NHS cuts 'will overstretch workforce'
4-Jun-2010
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Implementing the Safer Childbirth standards
2-Jun-2010
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Media Watch: Ban on cheap alcohol
27 May 2010
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Chief resigns after CQC fears
20 May 2010
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Warwickshire result casts doubt on NHS reconfiguration proposals
7-May-2010
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MP who branded hospital downgrade 'barking mad' returned
7-May-2010
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Tories take seat facing maternity unit closure
7-May-2010
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MPs hold on in Whittington row seats
7-May-2010
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Conservative who campaigned to stop maternity service move wins seat
7-May-2010
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Royal College of Midwives warns against NHS cuts
5-May-2010
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NHS training and development in lean times
23-Apr-2010
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Election 2010: fight for marginal puts hospitals in the hot seat
22 April 2010
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Conservatives launch election manifesto
13-Apr-2010
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£60m in NHS negligence compensation
31-Mar-2010
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Burnham, Lamb and Lansley clash in health debate
24-Mar-2010
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Media Watch: maternity pledges
18 March 2010
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Monitor intervenes at Milton Keynes over maternity care
4-Mar-2010
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Give nursing directors greater say on care at board level, says PM's commission
2-Mar-2010
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Kent maternity plans referred to health secretary
25 February 2010
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CQC critical over Milton Keynes baby deaths
19-Jan-2010
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NMC report highlights midwife shortage
15-Jan-2010
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Local breastfeeding support
7-Jan-2010
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NHS at centre of Tories’ election campaign
7 January 2010
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PCTs falling behind on maternity access
7 January 2010
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Nurse policing is to be ‘more proactive’
16-Dec-2009
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Tories pledge maternity support
26-Nov-2009
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Conservative win could kill local NHS shake-up plans
26 November 2009
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Map of Medicine - plot the best pathway to care
23-Nov-2009
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Ambitious reconfiguration plan abandoned
12 November 2009
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North east London hospital shake-up consultation coming soon
12 November 2009
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David Cameron pulls together threads on health policy
5 November 2009
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Investigation launched after woman demands all-white maternity team
29-Oct-2009
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DH disputes maternity choice findings
27-Oct-2009
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Home births
8-Oct-2009
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Access to maternity care
8-Oct-2009
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SHAs must assess delivery of maternity choice
8 October 2009
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Maternity unit off special measures
22-Sep-2009
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Spending on maternity 'now increasing'
17 September 2009
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NHS maternity services overstretched, say Tories
26-Aug-2009
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NHS maternity services 'suffering from lack of board engagement'
25-Aug-2009
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How to ensure choice in maternity services
28-Jul-2009
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Welsh maternity services 'lack respect'
19-Jun-2009
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NHS maternity spending falls in first year of DH strategy for improving services
23 April 2009
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NHS maternity care focuses on safer births
14-Apr-2009
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Media Watch: maternity services
12-Feb-2009
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Maternity closures increasing, say Conservatives
9-Feb-2009
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Emma Dent on the mysteries of maternity care
29-Jan-2009
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Maternity matters: stop passing the buck
22-Jan-2009
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PCTs fail to back up maternity care drive
22-Jan-2009
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Healthcare Commission rebukes trust over maternity failures
19-Dec-2008
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Government gets tough on maternity services
3-Dec-2008
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Maternity services 'account for half of NHS negligence claims'
17-Nov-2008
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Maternity services growth fails to keep up with births
28-Oct-2008
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Reported maternity incidents
23-Oct-2008
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Maternity patient safety incidents increase
8-Oct-2008
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Impressive maternity services
25-Sep-2008
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Northwick Park Hospital cleared over maternity deaths
18-Sep-2008
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Comparing UK maternity services
15-Sep-2008
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Rethink maternity service plans, panel tells PCTs
11-Sep-2008
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Maternity services report highlights failings
10-Jul-2008
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Healthcare Commission survey highlights maternity failings
10-Jul-2008
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Will Darzi bring about a renaissance in maternity services?
3-Jul-2008
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Managers called on to heed maternity standards
2-Jul-2008
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Maternity services at 60: the birth of a new era
5-Jun-2008
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GPs paid £20m for sickness and maternity cover
1-May-2008
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NCT offers maternity information packs
24-Apr-2008
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Council opposes East Sussex maternity plans
7-Feb-2008
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Watchdog gives maternity services a 'wake-up call'
31-Jan-2008
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Maternity choice is a reality, Healthcare Commission survey shows
29-Nov-2007
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Belinda Phipps on choice in maternity services
28-Nov-2007
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Maternity services satisfactory, says Healthcare Commission
27-Nov-2007
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NHS maternity services - the real story
21-Nov-2007
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Maternity services and breastfeeding: a lot of bottle
12-Nov-2007
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Creating a viable national maternity service
22-Oct-2007
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Maternity death rates worsening for poorer mums
4-Oct-2007
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Home births to be included in payment by results tariff
20-Sep-2007
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Maternity networks invited to bid to become early adopter sites
20-Sep-2007
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Report on maternity services in Wales launched
22-Aug-2007
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Pilot sites sought for maternity reforms
16-Aug-2007
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Uncertain roles for maternity assistants lead to care concerns
29-May-2007
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Call for evidence into maternity service safety
1-May-2007
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Increased choice for maternity care
3-Apr-2007
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Maternity care review launched
20-Mar-2007
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Changes proposed for children's and maternity services
6-Feb-2007
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Maternity care: eyes on storks
1-Jan-2007
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Maternity services are everyone's baby
1-Jan-2007
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Maternity unit's near miss
1-Jan-2007
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Michael White: maternity woes
1-Jan-2007
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PCTs oppose Manchester maternity shake-up
1-Jan-2007
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Over 40 maternity units may be closed or downgraded, Conservatives claim
12-Dec-2006
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King's Fund probes maternity services
4-Dec-2006
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Health secretary quashes local objections to back maternity plans
12-Oct-2006
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NHS Maternity Statistics, England 2004-5
10-Oct-2006
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Healthcare Commission gives maternity unit safety warning
31-Aug-2006
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Fears for maternity choice
19-May-2005
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MATERNITY PAY WHEN PUSH COMES TO SHOVE
24-Feb-2005
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Concern prompts maternity service investigation
30-Oct-2003
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When push comes to shove There is room for improved maternity services
31-Jul-2003
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Midwife shortage closes maternity ward
21-Nov-2002
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From here to maternity
22-Aug-2002
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From here to maternity
22-Aug-2002
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CHI made 'mockery' of its role by failure to spot maternity worries
18-Jul-2002
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PCTs set to play 'pivotal role' in maternity care
2-May-2002
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The government has revealed how it will divide up the £100m pledged to improve maternity units.
18-Oct-2001
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Second thoughts on maternity cash
21-Jun-2001
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Maternity cash boost 'built on policy vacuum'
10-May-2001
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Mothers sharing beds with babies in maternity wards increases the risk of serious accidents
29-Mar-2001
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Working group to tackle maternity services crisis
15-Feb-2001
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MPs' group to push for improved maternity services
7-Dec-2000
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Short Cuts: Midwives seeking relocation of maternity services
3-Aug-2000
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Record compensation sparks maternity review
15-Oct-1998
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Bulletins challenge maternity care
19-Mar-1998
