Maternity professionals are doing more to ensure safe care is delivered reliably to mothers and babies, but there are still significant barriers impeding their progress. This report is based on the outcome of a series of regional events held with midwives, obstetricians and risk managers as part of the Safer ...
This study explores health care professionals' views about safety in maternity services. It identifies aspects of care that are less safe than they should be, possible ways to improve safety and potential obstacles to achieving these improvements.
Many of the potential pitfalls of increasing purchaser plurality in the NHS are relevant in planning and developing general practitioner led locality commissioning. However, this involvement in commissioning or purchasing maternity care may actually provide the 'bite' necessary to move reluctant provider trusts more quickly towards services which meet the ...
This statement on Britain's maternity services was drawn up by an independent panel following a consensus conference. The questions which the panel were asked to address were: what sort of choices are important to women and are there proper limits to women's choice as a result of clinical, organisational or ...
This conference was held to discuss the second report of the Maternity Service Advisory Committee, Maternity care in action - care during childbirth (Intrapartum care). The purpose of the conference was to consider how health authorities, professionals, voluntary groups and consumer organisations could best contribute to the enhancement of the ...
The conference discussed the first report of the Maternity Services Advisory Committee 'Maternity Care in Action' with the purpose of considering how health authorities and the professions could deal with the guidelines contained in the report. Topics covered included suggestions on how to implement the guidelines, a discussion of services ...
There is a level of public concern about the safety of maternity care in England, highlighted by a number of high-profile cases. The King's Fund set up an independent inquiry to establish how safe maternity services are and to make practical recommendations for change. This report of their findings is ...
In response to growing concerns about the safety of maternity services in England, the King's Fund has set up an independent inquiry with the aim of identifying obstacles to the delivery of improvements in the safety of maternity services and robust strategies for overcoming them. There is already a substantial ... and This background paper summarises what is currently known about the safety of maternity services in England. The paper begins with some background information on trends in numbers of births, place of birth and changes in maternity services. Data is then presented on the type, incidence and causes of adverse outcomes ...