All Maternity Matters articles – Page 3

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Making progress on infant mortality

    2008-07-03T11:52:13Z

    High infant mortality rates in disadvantaged groups make the latest inequalities targets tough to hit. But there has been some progress in this area, as Andy Cowper found out.

  • News

    Will Darzi bring about a renaissance in maternity services?

    2008-07-03T09:00:00Z

    A number of regional Darzi plans have promised midwife-led units and better information. Daloni Carlisle asks if this vision will become a reality

  • HSJ Knowledge

    New roles in the health sector

    2008-06-17T09:00:00Z

    A series of projects under the Skills for Health banner is developing new roles to support the ever-changing health service

  • Blogs

    Maternity services clarification

    2008-02-08T15:36:00Z

    Regarding your article “Watchdog gives maternity services a ‘wake-up call’”, which addressed the Healthcare Commission’s review into maternity services. The review was a landmark survey and represents the scale of what needs to be done by the government to meet the guarantees it outlined in Maternity Matters, the Department of ...

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Creating a viable national maternity service

    2007-10-22T09:00:00Z

    Confidence in flexible community midwifery services should transform current reliance on acute settings, writes Marina Colville

  • News

    Home births to be included in payment by results tariff

    2007-09-20T00:00:00Z

    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.

  • News

    Maternity networks invited to bid to become early adopter sites

    2007-09-20T00:00:00Z

    Maternity networks are being invited to bid to become early adopter sites to speed up the implementation of Maternity Matters.

  • News

    Visa rules could slow recruitment

    2007-08-31T00:00:00Z

    Plans to restrict the number of foreign midwives on 'fast track' visas will thwart the government's pledge to drastically improve maternity care, campaigners are claiming.

  • News

    Pilot sites sought for maternity reforms

    2007-08-16T00:00:00Z

    Maternity networks are being invited to bid to become early adopter sites for the government's Maternity Matters reforms.

  • News

    Increased choice for maternity care

    2007-04-03T00:00:00Z

    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 ...

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Maternity care: eyes on storks

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    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

  • News

    College calls for extra staff for home births

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Trusts must recruit more midwives to meet the Department of Health's promise to let women choose a home birth by 2009, the Royal College of Midwives has warned.