All Maternity articles – Page 9
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NewsInconsistent leadership undermining safety of maternity services, says CQC
Inconsistent leadership and poor teamworking, lack of risk oversight and a failure to engage with women’s needs are among the issues continuing to affect the safety of some hospital maternity services, the Care Quality Commission has found.
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Patient Safety Awards 2021: Maternity and Midwifery Initiative of the Year
WINNER University Hospitals Birmingham FT: Covid Maternity Surveillance Service; Keeping Mothers and Babies Safe During a Pandemic
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NewsService rated ‘good’ despite ‘weaknesses in culture’
A trust’s maternity services were rated ‘good’ despite an independent report finding ‘weaknesses in the culture’ and ‘defensive and fractious’ behaviours, HSJ has learned.
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NewsUPDATE: Four new ministers join DHSC
Four new ministers have been appointed to the Department of Health and Social Care.
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NewsTroubled trust’s chief executive to stand down
The chief executive of a trust with major care quality concerns, including a maternity scandal investigation, is to stand down.
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NewsMinister-backed trial struggling to recruit trusts due to lack of vital test
A government-promoted clinical trial aimed at preventing ‘life-threatening infections in newborn babies’ is struggling to recruit trusts, as many do not offer the £11 laboratory test required to participate.
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NewsNHSE funding policy risks ‘levelling down’ maternity safety, warns hospital chief
NHS England risks ‘levelling down’ safety in some maternity services by ‘disproportionately’ directing additional funding to struggling trusts, an acute trust chief executive has said.
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HSJ InteractiveEnhancing patient safety during the pandemic
Aidan Fowler writes about the progress made in improving patient safety during the covid pandemic
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NewsTrusts recruit extra midwives as baby boom hits
Trusts in the South East are recruiting additional midwives as this year’s birth rates soar, with an increase of more than 20 per cent in women booking to give birth at one trust.
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NewsRoyal college stops accreditation scheme after HSJ coverage
A royal college has stopped accrediting training courses after HSJ highlighted some of them went against National Institute for Health and Care Excellence advice.
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NewsCQC found emergency caesarean taking place without basic safety measures
Inspectors have raised concerns about ‘safety culture’ in a maternity unit, including that an emergency caesarean was taking place without the mother’s heart being monitored.
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NewsGroup set up by govt review flags ‘culture of protect and deny’
A “systemic culture of protect and deny” in government means many more women and children will be harmed through poor care, according to the co-chair of an official patient group set up to review medical devices.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: Delta’s coming home
Andy Cowper shares his insights on the hot topics of the past week.
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: One step forward, two steps back
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night — and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, by HSJ workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, ensures you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping the workforce.
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NewsExclusive: Royal college defying NHS England over support for controversial therapy
The Royal College of Midwives spurned a request from NHS England to “pause” accreditation for a training programme in a controversial psychological therapy for women who have suffered traumatic births, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalInspectors heavily criticise trust leaders after being ‘shouted at by staff’
A maternity unit has been heavily criticised by regulators after they were told of ‘multiple allegations of bullying’ and staff being afraid to raise concerns.
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NewsTrust fined £733,000 in groundbreaking CQC prosecution
An acute trust has been fined £733,000 for failing to meet fundamental standards of care, in a groundbreaking case brought by the Care Quality Commission.
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HSJ Local‘Outstanding’ maternity unit plunges to ‘inadequate’ after unannounced inspection
Maternity services at a Shelford Group hospital have fallen from ‘outstanding’ to ‘inadequate’ following an unannounced Care Quality Commission inspection earlier this year.
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NewsDigital health service provided care without CQC registration
A digital paediatric and maternity service which says it has ‘saved the life of a child’ operated for up to seven months without a Care Quality Commission registration, it has emerged.
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NewsExclusive: NHS warned multiple times that imaging shortages may kill
Coroners have warned the NHS nearly a dozen times in recent years that a lack of imaging capacity could lead to more deaths, HSJ can reveal.