All Maternity articles – Page 36
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CommentNew thinking about the future of maternity care
Old assumptions are stopping maternity services from improving
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HSJ Local
Leicester employs more midwives
WORKFORCE: University Hospitals of Leicester Trust has appointed 16 qualified midwives following a recruitment drive.
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NewsGovernment puts £25m into maternity care
The government has pledged £25m to help improve maternity wards.
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NewsCall for more antenatal depression support
More needs to be done to spot and support women suffering with antenatal depression, experts have warned today.
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HSJ Local
Concerns about consultant who delivered prime minister's baby date back more than 10 years
PERFORMANCE: Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust has launched a review of the care provided to women by the consultant who delivered prime minister David Cameron’s baby.
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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.