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HSJ PartnersInnovative population health approach is helping Cheshire and Merseyside improve healthcare outcomes for women
Catherine McClennan explains how using population health insights to target support, Cheshire and Merseyside have improved maternal and neonatal care, reduced health inequalities and enhanced outcomes for vulnerable communities
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NewsNHS England: More centralisation needed to cut neonatal deaths
NHS England has indicated there will be avoidable deaths of young babies without further centralisation of neonatal intensive care units, which it funds and oversees, so they can have ”better staffing”.
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HSJ KnowledgeWe must seize this once in a lifetime chance
Mental health issues in the perinatal period have long been misunderstood but a funding boost offers hope of a turnaround
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HSJ LocalWatford Hospital suspends private obstetric service
STRUCTURE: West Hertfordshire Hospitals Trust has suspended midwifery obstetric services for private patients at Watford Hospital, following feedback from the Care Quality Commission.
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NewsCQC reveals abortion law breaches
Doctors in 14 trusts pre-signed abortion documents before assessing whether patients met the legal requirements to have their pregnancies terminated, the health watchdog has found.
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CommentMedia Watch: RCN congress sparks raft of health warnings
Health policy in the news this week.
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NewsDoctors acting illegally over abortion consent, inspection shows
Doctors are breaking the law if they “pre-sign” abortion consent forms, the government has said.
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HSJ KnowledgeLabour of love: making a maternity services reconfiguration successful
The reconfiguration of Manchester’s maternity services may have been a long time coming, but it has lessons for the rest of the country, finds Crispin Dowler.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow international health links help improve family planning services
Establishing partnerships with healthcare groups around the world can benefit both the organisations in developing countries and the health service staff placed there, as Chris Smith and Rebecca Hill explain.
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News'Prudent' regulator amasses 50 per cent surplus
A £3.4m surplus run up by the body responsible for regulating fertility treatment could pay for up to 850 in vitro fertilisation cycles if returned to providers, it has been claimed.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to improve patient satisfaction in maternity services
Daily conversations between managers and new mothers about their care are helping improve patient satisfaction and staff morale. Debby Gould and colleagues at University College London explain.
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NewsMaternity services 'overwhelmed' by rising births
Maternity services in England and Wales have been “overwhelmed” by a rising number of births, including more complex cases, according to a new report.
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NewsFertility treatment bans reversed by PCTs
A number of primary care trusts which imposed tight restrictions on infertility treatment have now reversed the policy.
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HSJ KnowledgeCan maternity care learn from how the retail sector operates?
Good managers will often look at other sectors to bring across good ideas and examples of good practice, but could maternity managers learn something from counterparts in the retail sector? Edwin van Teijlingen and Emma Pitchforth investigate.
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NewsChanges to improve maternity care outlined
Hospitals across Wales are being given new guidance aimed at improving the care of pregnant and post-natal women and their babies.
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NewsIVF treatment errors on the rise in UK
The number of mistakes or near-misses in IVF treatment has more than trebled in three years, figures have revealed.
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NewsPregnancy-related deaths rise 'worrying' doctors
A rise in the number of women dying during pregnancy or shortly after childbirth has prompted leading doctors to call for something to be done about this “worrying” phenomenon.
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NewsMaternity units 'struggling' with rising birth rates
Rising birth rates are causing maternity units to struggle with the demand, according to a new report.
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HSJ Local
Specialist women's hospital admits midwife staffing lapse
PERFORMANCE: One of England’s two specialist women’s hospitals has admitted failing to meet recommended minimum staffing levels.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow clinically driven antenatal care can deliver better value maternity services
Evidence based care employed at a maternity unit delivered better value services and enabled more women to meet with their consultant. Francesca Garrard and Harini Narayan from The Great Western Hospital explain.