NHS maternity staff to receive mandatory training to improve patient safety

  • Thread starter Thread starter Andrew Gregory Health editor
  • Start date Start date
  • Tags Tags
    nhs

View the thread, titled "NHS maternity staff to receive mandatory training to improve patient safety" which is posted in News about the NHS on NHSForums.com

NHS maternity staff to receive mandatory training to improve patient safety

Obstetricians, midwives and obstetric anaesthetists will take part in pilots after damning report by health regulator

NHS maternity staff will take part in a mandatory training programme to improve patient safety after a damning report by the health regulator said that poor care and harm in childbirth was in danger of becoming “normalised”.

Obstetricians, midwives and obstetric anaesthetists at nine maternity units across England will all have to do extra training from Monday under government plans to raise care standards for women and babies. The scheme will be rolled out to every maternity unit in the country if the pilots are successful.

Continue reading...

By Andrew Gregory Health editor

NHS maternity staff to receive mandatory training to improve patient safety to Continue reading...

NHS Forums - For NHS Staff | Patient Forums
 
Click to expand...

Reply to the thread, titled "NHS maternity staff to receive mandatory training to improve patient safety" which is posted in News about the NHS on NHSForums.com

News About the NHS

Three local NHS CEOs join NHS England as directors

Three local NHS CEOs join NHS England as directors
3066580_confed22day264_332442.jpg

Two integrated care board chief executives and a trust CEO have been appointed as part-time national directors at NHS England.

Continue reading this article about Three local NHS CEOs join NHS England as directors

by Health Service Journal

NHS Forums - For daily discussion by NHS Staff.

NHS privatisation and PFI - what Lord Darzi’s review missed

NHS restricting access to obesity services across England, BMJ finds

NHS restricting access to obesity services across England, BMJ finds

<p>Budget cuts to local services fell disproportionately on care for obese patients, leading to ‘postcode lottery’</p><p>The NHS is restricting access to obesity services across England, leading to patients in nearly half the country being unable to book appointments with specialist teams for support and treatments such as weight-loss jabs.</p><p>An investigation by the British Medical Journal found budget cuts to local services fell disproportionately on obesity care, with patients living with the condition often deemed less worthy of care than others.</p> <a href="NHS restricting access to obesity services across England, BMJ finds">Continue reading...</a>

Budget cuts to local services fell disproportionately on care for obese patients, leading to ‘postcode lottery’

The NHS is restricting access to obesity services across England, leading to patients in nearly half the country being unable to book appointments with specialist teams for support and treatments such as weight-loss jabs.

An investigation by the British Medical Journal found budget cuts to local services fell disproportionately on obesity care, with patients living with the condition often deemed less worthy of care than others.

Continue reading...

By Ian Sample Science editor

Continue reading...

What's New on NHS Forums?

Find what's new on NHS Forums by clicking here

Latest Topics

Back
Top