Maternity Services
Presentation to
Norfolk County Council
Health Scrutiny Committee
24 February 2005
Presentation Team
Moira Logie
Sue Marshall
Neal Barker
Director of Operations
Head of Midwifery
Divisional General Manager
Maternity Services
• Description of the Services
• Consider the Women’s Journey
• Midwifery Recruitment & Retention
• Measuring Success
• Future Plans
Maternity Services
• The NNUH is a centre of excellence providing a modern maternity service to both high and low risk mothers and their babies .
• The maternity service is provided collaboratively by midwives, obstetricians & general practitioners.
Some Facts & Figures
• 5120 births in 2004.• 150 home births• 1196 caesarean sections• 2 sets of triplets• 83 sets of twins• 68 water births• Patch covered by the NNUH service =1200
square miles. • Average mileage of a community midwife = 7000
miles per year.
The Women’s Journey
• ANTENATAL – LEADING UP TO THE BIRTH
• INTRAPARTUM – AROUND THE BIRTH
• POST NATAL – FOLLOWING THE BIRTH
Recruitment & Retention of Midwives
• We have 134 whole time equivalent (WTE) midwives in post , supported by 35(WTE) nursing assistants.
• The national shortage of midwives is being felt locally and regionally.
Recruitment & Retention of Midwives
• What we are doing about it
• Midwifery Training
• Midwifery Micro site – by end of February
• Retention –Stable at present
• Improving Working Lives
• National recruitment
Measuring Success
• Feedback- from users.
• Low complaint rate
• Staff survey- to be carried out this year
• LSA –Audit of Practice via SOM
• CNST- Level 2
• External reviews
Future Plans
• Formalise a Maternity Services Development plan with Stakeholders.
Expected outputs:
1. Maternity Services Strategy2. Long-term vision3. Sustainable model for the delivery and
modernisation of maternity care
NNUH Contact Points:
Moira Logie, Director of Operations Tel: 01603-287553 Email: [email protected]
Neal Barker, Divisional General ManagerTel:01603-286302 Email: [email protected]
Sue Marshall, Head of Midwifery
Tel: 01603-287127 Email: [email protected]
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