All Maternity articles – Page 3
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HSJ Local‘Resentment’ uncovered in ‘inadequate’ children’s unit
Inspectors have branded a hospital’s paediatric services “inadequate” and warned of “resentment” among medical staff following a trust merger.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: NHS England’s hard line on AI
This week, we cover concerns about the safety of certain AI technology used in the NHS, as NHS England tries to exert order over a chaotic market.
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NewsExclusive: Baby died of hospital infection despite ‘overcrowding’ warning
A baby died with an infection caught on a neonatal unit, despite earlier warnings about outbreaks due to its “approach to overcrowding” of cots, HSJ has learned.
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News‘Robustly manage’ staff who ‘lack compassion and openness’, NHSE tells trusts
Trust chief executives have been told to “robustly manage” staff who repeatedly “demonstrate a lack of compassion or openness” over failings in maternity care.
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NewsPatients to decide hospital payments under 10-year plan proposals
Patients will be able to decide whether hospitals get the full payment for their treatment under proposals in drafts of the 10-Year Health Plan, HSJ understands.
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NewsUp to ten trusts face ‘national maternity investigation’
Wes Streeting today announced a “national investigation” into maternity care at up to 10 trusts which will report by Christmas.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: For safer maternity care, we need action, not words
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chair Jeremy Hunt
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NewsTrust’s leaders ‘focused on new hospital, not safety’, finds CQC
Leaders at a trust with “inadequate” maternity services were focused on plans for a new hospital “to the detriment of current service challenges”, the care regulator has said.
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NewsTrusts penalised for exaggerating safety standards
Dozens of trusts have been hit with financial penalties after regulators questioned their claims to be compliant with maternity safety standards.
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NewsCQC warns trust over maternity staffing
The trust with the highest perinatal mortality rates in the country has been told it must improve its midwifery staffing.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: Trend of police investigations has profound consequences
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe
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NewsPolice launch corporate manslaughter investigation into another trust
A corporate manslaughter investigation has been launched into serious maternity failings at a major trust where hundreds of babies have died or been harmed.
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NewsExternal reviews ordered over trust’s baby death rates
Two external reviews are being commissioned into maternity and neonatal care at the trust with the highest perinatal mortality rates.
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NewsStreeting 'pushing for stronger action' on maternity failings
Wes Streeting has apologised to families harmed by poor maternity care for taking six months to get back to them, and claimed he is pressing NHS England for a “more comprehensive and stronger set of actions” to improve safety.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: Baby death targets missed and negligence bill hits £58bn
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chair Jeremy Hunt
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: The state of maternity services
This week, the team look at two long-running and contentious issues in the NHS.
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NewsNHS facing another national maternity services review
Another major inquiry into patient safety within NHS maternity departments is being considered, HSJ has learned, this time by the Health Services Safety Investigations Body.
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CommentImproving care for women: what the 10-Year Plan needs to say
Ranee Thakar, president of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, sets out the nine questions the 10-Year Health Plan needs to address if it wants to help drive up the quality of care for women
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HSJ LocalTrust admits it ‘cannot safely run’ maternity service
A trust is set to close one of its birthing units for at least six months after admitting it “cannot safely run” the service.
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NewsTrust secures ‘good’ ratings after years of safety failures
The trust at the heart of long-running maternity care failures has had both its units upgraded to “good” from “inadequate” by the Care Quality Commission.