After watching all of their Premier League rivals in action this weekend, Manchester United finally get to kick off their campaign against Wolverhampton Wanderers tonight.
28.07.2023 - 06:11 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Maternity care at three Manchester hospitals has been slammed as ‘inadequate’ as inspectors warned bosses to make urgent improvements 'to protect people and babies from coming to harm.'
Regulators found the standard of care had ‘deteriorated’ in a damning inspection. On a visit in March they were especially concerned that initial assessments - known as triaging - took too long meaning ‘opportunities to prevent or minimise harm were missed’.
Delays and cancellations to planned Caesareans or surgical births, and inductions of labour - which kickstart childbirth - increased the risk of mothers and babies coming to harm, said the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Inspections of the maternity units at Saint Mary's Hospital, Wythenshawe Hospital and North Manchester General found there were not enough midwives and doctors, and not the right mix of senior and junior staff to cope with demand.
The watchdog said today the services have ‘started to make improvements’ which are being ‘monitored closely’. Hospital chiefs say they were ‘disappointed’ with the findings, and 'took immediate action on the feedback and embarked on a focused programme of improvements'.
Bosses say changes include ‘reducing waiting times in triage, investing in staff to increase the number of operating lists available, providing additional staff in key areas of the service, increasing numbers of senior doctors available during peak times, and launching a wide-reaching campaign to recruit more midwives’.
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Carolyn Jenkinson, deputy director of secondary and specialist healthcare at the CQC, said: “When we inspected maternity services at Manchester
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