All Maternity articles – Page 7
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NewsStaffing shortages force NHSE to abandon safety target
NHS England has this week told trusts it is abandoning a patient safety target ‘until maternity services in England can demonstrate sufficient staffing levels’ to meet it.
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NewsUpdated: Staff warned of ‘harrowing’ care standards review
Trust staff have been warned that an independent investigation into maternity services will be ‘a harrowing read’ with a ‘profound and significant impact’.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: The DHSC’s opening move in the NHS efficiency war
The NHS has been told by the government to cut management consultancy spend and completely freeze recruitment at a national level.
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News£300m reconfiguration gets go-ahead after decade delay
Plans for a much-delayed service overhaul in one of the country’s most troubled systems have won national approval, though questions remain over how crucial service improvements will be funded.
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HSJ LocalWomen wait days for induced labour in troubled maternity service
A troubled acute trust has been sent a further warning notice after inspectors found severe shortages of midwives were causing dangerous delays to labour inductions.
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HSJ LocalTrust forced to ‘phone around’ to find cots for premature babies
Staff at a trust in the South West have had to spend hours “phoning around hospitals” to find suitable cots for premature babies, in the face of “increasing difficulty” in accessing appropriate care locally.
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NewsStaff shortages force most trusts to suspend NHSE maternity care model
More than two-thirds of trusts have been forced to suspend or pause a high-profile service improvement aimed at reducing neonatal and maternal deaths, because of widespread staffing shortages.
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HSJ LocalScandal trust's comms director suspended
A trust’s director of communications has been suspended from her role following reports she blocked bereaved parents on social media.
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NewsNew approach to safety incidents will see fewer investigations
Major reforms have been set out on how NHS organisations should respond to patient safety incidents, with the aim of ensuring better engagement with patients and families.
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NewsPatient safety is not a ‘priority’ for NHSE, claims watchdog chief
The outgoing chief investigator of the national safety watchdog has described his frustration with the organisation’s ‘ambivalent’ relationship with NHS England
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HSJ LocalTrust branded ‘inadequate’ for leadership and maternity
One of the trusts worst affected by coronavirus has been issued with two warning notices and rated ‘inadequate’ for leadership, following a Care Quality Commission inspection.
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NewsStaff shortages leaving women in ‘barbaric’ pain
Patient safety campaigners have said ‘too many women’ are still not being offered a general anaesthetic for a diagnostic test because of staff shortages, leaving them in severe pain.
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HSJ LocalScandal trust gets another warning notice after ‘disappointing’ progress
A Midlands trust at the centre of a maternity scandal has been issued with another warning notice, with the Care Quality Commission saying it is ‘disappointing’ that safety problems have still not been addressed.
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HSJ LocalOckenden to chair Nottingham maternity review
Donna Ockenden will chair the independent review of Nottingham University Hospitals Trust’s maternity services, following sustained pressure from the families involved.
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NewsTrusts lose out on cash after safety ‘mis-declarations’
Three trusts have lost out on more than £1m in rebate from the maternity clinical negligence scheme after they ‘mis-declared’ that they were compliant with safety requirements.
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CommentThe NHS is lagging in the restoration of fertility services
The fertility sector is almost back to pre-pandemic treatment levels but Julia Chain warns of its aftershocks and urges action to keep patients’ dreams alive
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NewsRevealed: The trusts making least progress in improving maternity services
The trusts that have made the most and least progress on urgent recommendations set out by the Ockenden review have been revealed
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NewsFamilies dismay at interim report plans despite review ‘chaos’
Families involved in a major review into maternity failings at Nottingham University Hospitals Trust have criticised the decision of the review team to press ahead with the publication of an interim report, despite serious concerns about its terms of reference and methodology.
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NewsAcute fined £1.3m after deaths of two patients
A troubled acute trust has appeared in court to admit failures relating to the deaths of two patients.
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HSJ LocalEx-SHA chair stands down from maternity failings review
The former trust chair and strategic health authority chief executive appointed to investigate maternity failings at Nottingham University Hospitals Trust has stood down following a call by families for her removal.