All Maternity articles – Page 34
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CommentReaders' letters - 8 November 2012
It’s not perfect, by the personal medical services contract offers the flexibility that is eential to delivering tailor-made services. Plus, are mothers and midwives being moved around like pieces in a board game?
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News£3.1bn spent over NHS pregnancy errors
Errors made by medical staff when caring for pregnant women have cost the NHS £3.1 billion over the last 10 years, figures show.
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News'No substance' to clinical network claims
The NHS Commissioning Board has denied the jobs of 600 staff working on clinical networks are at risk but concerns remain that uncertainty over their future will lead to a loss of expertise.
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CommentReaders' letters - 11 October 2012
Critics of the Manchester maternity review are in denial, says Leila Williams of NHS Greater Manchester
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NewsGas technique used to kill hospital bug
Scientists have invented a new way to destroy a bacterium which killed four babies in hospitals in Northern Ireland.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to use healthcare apps to your advantage
How healthcare apps can make working life better
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NewsCQC's 'hands are tied' on enforcement action
The Care Quality Commission’s board has complained it has a lack of effective powers to force providers to address poor care.
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NewsNHS North West faces fresh probe over Morecambe Bay scandal
PERFORMANCE: NHS North West is facing formal investigation over allegations that it failed to respond adequately to a series of infant and maternal deaths at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust, HSJ understands.
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NewsNew rules to tackle drugs lottery
More details have come to light of how hospitals that delay acting on National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidance will be forced to explain hold-ups to patients.
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HSJ Local
NW midwives volunteer in overseas aid programme
WORKFORCE: UK midwives, largely from the North West, are volunteering to provide training in Africa and Asia UK under a programme run by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine.
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HSJ KnowledgeAvoid budgetary stretch marks
A huge strain will be on CCGs to make their money work harder
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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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HSJ KnowledgeA quality campaign to reflect quality services
Extending University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire Trust’s catchment area for maternity services was identified as a strategic priority for 2012. As a result, the trust wanted to highlight its maternity services as some of the best in the country in order to instil local pride.
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NewsMcKinsey partner: 'Women could do most antenatal care themselves'
The NHS could make huge savings on doctors and midwives wages’ by enlisting patients to input their own health records and conduct their own antenatal care, a McKinsey partner suggested last week.
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HSJ Local
Berkshire bosses set out reconfiguration plans
STRUCTURE: Initial proposals for acute sector reconfiguration in Berkshire are proposing a new surgical hospital at Heatherwood, to be paid for by selling off surplus land.
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HSJ LocalNorth Kent trusts look to London to boost market share
Two Kent trusts will seek to expand their market share in surrounding health economies, including becoming the main acute provider for a London borough, if their merger bid is successful.
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NewsDecision due on Leicester maternity plans
A £3.5m plan to relieve pressure on maternity services in Leicester is to be put before strategic health authority bosses next month.
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CommentThe benefits of centralised emergency services are less than clear
Small hospitals face growing threats, says Nigel Edwards.