Ultimo della politica: Wes Streeting annuncia le indagini nazionali sulla sicurezza della maternità
https://news.sky.com/story/politics-latest-starmer-assisted-dying-trump-israel-iran-labour-12593360
di topotaul
Ultimo della politica: Wes Streeting annuncia le indagini nazionali sulla sicurezza della maternità
https://news.sky.com/story/politics-latest-starmer-assisted-dying-trump-israel-iran-labour-12593360
di topotaul
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I’ve no problem with focusing on improving maternity services, but we are just approaching the end of a previous national investigation based on the Ockenden review, which this doesn’t make mention of. [That is due in 2026](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y6zxq7k0zo) and also established the CQC’s specific maternity inspections
Seems like a lack of joined up thinking by government on it
Good about time.
While your at it Wes how about finding those that set the policies and pulling them in too.
> £3 billion is spent annually on maternity and neonatal services, the cost of clinical negligence claims, particularly those related to maternity, surpasses this significantly, reaching £8.2 billion in a single year. This means the NHS spends more on payouts for maternity-related negligence than it does on providing the actual care.
Over double the maternity budget is spent on clinical negligence.
The UK is also above the EU average on stillbirths at 4/1000 births, double the best countries like Denmark who have 1.9/1000 stillbirth rate.
Why do we need another investigation? This shit has been ongoing for over a decade and there have been countless studies and it’s always the same things that keep coming up, namely staffing issues ([source](https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/oct/20/two-thirds-of-englands-maternity-units-dangerously-substandard-says-cqc)), training ([source](https://rcm.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/0301_how-to-fix_safety_digital.pdf)), and institutional racism ([source](https://www.bmj.com/content/377/bmj.o1300)).
We keep getting expensive reviews (lots of work for consultants), promises of action after the same results, and then nothing changes. How about instead of another costly review we save the cash and fix the problems we already know are still pervasive in these areas of the NHS.
If they stopped sacking midwives when they raise concerns about safety standards that would be a start.
The anti caesarian stance of the NHS is costing lives. They were supposed to change policy on this but trusts still run recruitment for management teams that discourage cesareans. Scandal after scandal at different hospitals and nothing changes.
It’s a simple one, the NHS trusts have no understanding of process safety and a severe inability to follow their own guidance.
My twins spent 3 months in nicu after a botched birth and left with complications, but all to frequently handovers were incomplete, med charts lost, test results not read, and this is basic process safety. This isn’t down to staff levels every time, or IT systems.
This happened repeatedly and unfortunately I’ll be part of the legal bill to fund private treatments as NHS ability to provide a service at clinics is woefully inadequate.
Holding another investigation without actioning previous ones is simply cheap politics.
Another thing to remember 67% of natal units are classified as unsafe.