In the past year, several maternity units in the UK have received a lot of national attention. Investigations into the care they provide have revealed a wide range of pervasive issues, and drawn focus to areas that must be addressed by maternity services across the...
Sara Ledger Head of Research and Development The latest findings and recommendations from the ESMiE Confidential Enquiry look at intrapartum stillbirths and intrapartum-related neonatal deaths planned in midwifery-led settings: alongside midwifery units (2015-2016), freestanding midwifery units and home births (2013-2016). The enquiry aims to make births in midwifery-led...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] What We Can Learn from HSIB’s Thematic Review to Improve Safety By Sara Ledger, Head of Research & Development, Baby Lifeline Training The Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB) has been responsible for conducting external investigations for almost two years in NHS...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Improving Outcomes for Hundreds of Babies – Recommendations from the latest Each Baby Counts report Today, the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists have published their latest Each Baby Counts 2019 progress report. Although the UK is a safe place...
The CQC calls for more training as part of recommendations to improve safety in maternity services. By Sara Ledger, Head of Research and Development, Baby Lifeline Training The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has published a report today setting out what it considers as important areas to improve maternity...
Every nurse and midwife are to be given £1,000 to spend on professional development training, which is to be announced tomorrow. This is part of the government commitment to improve patient care and create a more sustainable NHS as part of the NHS Long Term...
The sustained impact of maternity training on knowledge, confidence, and empowerment Baby Lifeline and Baby Lifeline Training partnered with the University of Hull to carry out work investigating the impact of training specific to pertinent repeated issues in the labour ward and community. Although maternity training...
Baby Lifeline welcomes the NHS commitment to comprehensive maternity training Baby Lifeline has given its support to the NHS Long Term Plan for maternity and neonatal services, which was published on 7th January 2019. In particular, Baby Lifeline welcomes the aim of comprehensively rolling out the...
Schemes to improve learning from incidences, better peer support, and evidence-based practice welcomed by Baby Lifeline Training. Whilst most births in the UK end with a healthy mother and baby; when something does go wrong it can be devastating for both families and healthcare professionals, as...
We are delighted to bring you a new programme which will focus on learning from the most recent extensive report by NHS Resolution, Five Years of Cerebral Palsy Claims, as well as other salient trends in litigation in maternity. The speakers confirmed so far: Dr Michael...