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Improving data on avoidable brain injury around the time of birth

Ana Correia
The Avoiding Brain Injury in Childbirth (ABC) programme aims to support maternity services to reduce risks of avoidable harm during intrapartum care. Kirstin Webster, Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (ANNP) and Neonatal Clinical Fellow, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and Jan van der Scheer, Senior Research Associate, The Healthcare Improvement......
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It’s Kick-Off on Maternity

Paul
Kick off on maternity
A weekend announcement of £2 million for an RCOG review into preventing brain injuries during birth looks like a smart pre-emptive announcement ahead of today’s publication of the long awaited Select Committee report into Safety in Maternity Services. A few weeks ago NHS England announced £96 million more on maternity......
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Each Baby Counts lessons to be learned from babies born in 2015

Paul
Each Baby Counts is the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG’s) national quality improvement programme, launched in October 2014, aiming to halve the number of babies who die or are left severely disabled as a result of preventable incidents occurring during term labour by 2020. A detailed analysis of......
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