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- 1. NORMAL BIRTH PROJECT EARLY LABOUR LOUNGE Ali Herron Consultant Midwife NECLEs HIEC Optimising opportunities for normal birth
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- Local reviews of maternity services MSLCand ward surveys
- User group - Responding and designing services in response to local needs and care provision
- Research results and recommendations
- Acknowledgement that the service was not meeting local needs in particular
- Poor User Experience
- Relating to Antenatal Ward
History and Background 3. Key issues
- Poor user experience:
- Environment
- Staff attitude
- Accessibility
- Service perspective:
- Local population who access services early
4. Antenatal Ward
- Provides maternity triage
- Long stay in patient services
- Induction of labour
- Overwhelmed with activity
- Poor staff attitude
5. Ward Changes
- Reduction in inpatient beds
- IOL suite
- Consolidated triage women with ?labour and ?SROM
- Main triage moved to MFAU
- Early labour suite
6. Early Labour provision
- Comfortable and homely
- Provides safe but hands off space for women in early labour
- Soft furnishings, bean bags, low lighting, music, complimentary therapies
- Privacy with screens
- Supports the normal birth project
- Key to reducing caesarean section rates
7. Guidance and teaching
- Early labour care bundle
- Teaching of latent phase on in house study days
- Normal birth and active birth training
- Updating/reminders at hand over
- Green rules
8. User Feedback
- Picker Survey commissioned by the Care Quality Commission
- 81% antenatal (excellent, very good or good)
- 85% labour (excellent, very good or good)
- 67% post natal (excellent, very good or good)
- Real Time Hospital Surveys in clinical areas
- User Group Reflections more positive
- Reduced number of complaints re attitude
9. Future service 10. 11. 12.
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