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02/03/2015
The advice relates to safe midwifery staffing for maternity settings.
The guidance calls for commissioners, hospital boards and senior management to focus on the needs of each woman and baby, and ensure there are enough midwives employed to provide safe care for them. It also provides step-by-step guidance for organisations to work out the number of midwives required, as well as recommendations for senior midwives on how to decide whether staffing is adequate.
In addition, the report highlights the importance of 'red flags' for patients and hospital staff to identify when there may be too few midwives available.
Cathy Warwick, Chief Executive of the Royal College of Midwives (RCM), said: "This should help to ensure that maternity services have safe staffing levels that are monitored on a regular basis and adjusted according to local need. The RCM will be developing resources to assist with this.
"It means it will no longer be acceptable for midwives working in antenatal and postnatal areas to be asked to cover regularly for deficiencies on the labour ward."
However, she added: "For the guidance to have maximum impact, maternity services will need to gather data both on 'red flags' and on safe midwifery staffing indicators, which some services will find difficult, given the limited availability of sophisticated IT systems.
"Also, it is very clear that there is limited evidence on the impact of staffing levels on outcomes in maternity services. The RCM hopes that there will be more funding for research in this area."
(JP)
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Each Woman Should Be Assigned A Midwife - NICE
The latest guidelines from NICE has said that there should be one midwife to each woman during birth.The advice relates to safe midwifery staffing for maternity settings.
The guidance calls for commissioners, hospital boards and senior management to focus on the needs of each woman and baby, and ensure there are enough midwives employed to provide safe care for them. It also provides step-by-step guidance for organisations to work out the number of midwives required, as well as recommendations for senior midwives on how to decide whether staffing is adequate.
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In addition, the report highlights the importance of 'red flags' for patients and hospital staff to identify when there may be too few midwives available.
Cathy Warwick, Chief Executive of the Royal College of Midwives (RCM), said: "This should help to ensure that maternity services have safe staffing levels that are monitored on a regular basis and adjusted according to local need. The RCM will be developing resources to assist with this.
"It means it will no longer be acceptable for midwives working in antenatal and postnatal areas to be asked to cover regularly for deficiencies on the labour ward."
However, she added: "For the guidance to have maximum impact, maternity services will need to gather data both on 'red flags' and on safe midwifery staffing indicators, which some services will find difficult, given the limited availability of sophisticated IT systems.
"Also, it is very clear that there is limited evidence on the impact of staffing levels on outcomes in maternity services. The RCM hopes that there will be more funding for research in this area."
(JP)
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