Need More Midwives

An increase in are you wanting midwives and obstetricians is of "paramount importance", medical professionals said today.

A joint report from a plethora of royal colleges says pretty big minimum staffing levels should ensure support and safer Care is given to women in labour with their babies.

It calls for women in labour for all one-to-one Care from a midwife as well as for all women requiring passing or general anaesthetic to be seen and assessed by often the anaesthetist before an suggested procedure.

Earlier this year nicely as the Department of Health crafted a new Maternity strategy to alter choice in childbirth and access to midwives, saying it wanted to earn "deliver 'gold standard' Maternity services for women" and place out a timetable to do this by the end associated with 2009.

As well as a minimum 40 hours of consultant obstetrician presence standard ward, the royal colleges' this information says the consultant should perform a physical ward round every evening and at least twice a day over the course of Saturdays, Sundays and establishment holidays.

During these times the consultant must view all midwifery-led cases high on referral.

Safer Childbirth: Minimum Standards throughout Organisation and Delivery companion Care in Labour also implies a healthCare professional of up to midwife, neonatal nurse, advanced neonatal practitioner or paediatrician - trained in neonatal life support ought to be immediately available for all around births, in any circumstance.

Maggie Elliott, president of the Royal College of Midwives (RCM), possible: "Women and their babies sit in the middle of these recommendations, which address a lot of the issues affecting the execution of safe, quality Care if you ever women give birth.

"Midwives will welcome the target on direct communication, the value of better staffing levels possibly a commitment to respectful m equitable relationships between all part of the Maternity Care corporation. This can only spark a better birth experience for females, their babies and consumers. "

The Safer Childbirth cardstock was prepared jointly near the Royal Colleges of Anaesthetists (RCOA), Midwives (RCM), Doctors and Gynaecologists (RCOG), , nor Paediatrics and Child Condition (RCPCH).

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