Seven easy ways to make maternity care safer for women – and save them from the trauma I suffered
10 months, 1 week ago

Seven easy ways to make maternity care safer for women – and save them from the trauma I suffered

The Independent  

“Just get it yourself,” was the answer, the first time I asked for water in postnatal recovery. The habit of safe maternity units, with good outcomes for patients is to be this way in everything they do and it shows, with these units having fewer traumatic births and avoidable harms. Thanks to a complete lack of investment over the last 14 years of Tory rule there is not enough staff to safely run the now crumbling, creaking and ageing wards Fifth, these units use many different ways to identify problems, which are used as a basis for change. Finally, safe maternity units are, because of everything above, able to quickly and effectively mobilise themselves to provide good care. It doesn’t matter how many key features can make maternity safe, it takes only one neglectful government to topple it to the ground.

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Maternity crisis as deaths of mothers and newborn babies increase for the first time in a decade
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Maternity crisis as deaths of mothers and newborn babies increase for the first time in a decade

Daily Mail  

Death rates for mothers and newborn babies have increased for the first time in a decade amid growing concerns over patient safety, a report reveals. Lord Darzi, co-director at the Institute of Global Health Innovation, who recently led a recent government-commissioned review into the NHS, said: ‘Our latest report on patient safety in England reveals alarming declines. ‘Our analysis highlights …

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