Improving the safety of maternity units and implementing recommendations made as part of an inquiry into baby deaths will reportedly cost £400 million per year.
The Ockenden Review into baby deaths at a scandal-hit NHS trust said maternity staff had caused distress to patients by using “inappropriate language” and blaming grieving mothers for their loss.
The inquiry into deaths and allegations of poor care at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), set up in 2017, identified seven “immediate and essential actions” needed to improve maternity services in England.
Midwife Donna Ockenden led the independent inquiry into baby deaths at scandal-hit Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (House of Commons/PA)
Covid vaccine myths busted and key questions answered
Liverpool City Council has issued information to answer questions on the covid vaccines
Updated (Image: Colin Lane/Liverpool Echo)
The race to vaccinate the nation against Covid-19 is continuing at pace, with around 10.5 million people now having received their first jab.
There are currently two vaccines - from Pfizer and AstraZeneca - being administered in the UK, with more due to come on stream. Understandably people have lots of questions about the vaccines - while some others have been spreading some misinformation about them.
Liverpool Council s public health team have produced this list of key questions and answers to reassure people about the vaccines and bust some of the myths you may have heard about them.
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Pregnant women attending scans and appointments alone are repeatedly being told they cannot record or take photographs of their unborn child to show their partner, according to a survey.
The poll of more than 3,450 pregnant women by the campaign group Pregnant Then Screwed found that more than half of respondents (52%) attended scans alone and were also told that they could not record or take photographs during the appointment.
NHS trusts have been warned that they could be acting unlawfully if they continue to ban partners of pregnant women accessing hospital appointments remotely. Women are repeatedly being told it is “illegal” to photograph or film their scan, despite this not being the case, said the charity Birthrights, which sought the legal advice.
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Let the medical experts dispel any myths and misinformation by sharing the current evidence
In November, the world let out a sigh of relief as news broke that the first COVID vaccine had been developed. Again, when the first dose was administered in December, to 90-year-old Margaret Keenan in her hometown of Coventry, you felt the nation’s shoulders relax a little.
And yet, there’s
a lot of noise at the moment about said vaccine and the lack of research on how it affects women’s fertility.
There have been mixed messages. Doctors maintain that there is no scientific evidence to show that the vaccine can impact fertility, with the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) and the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) addressing the ‘misinformation circulating’ in a recent statement.