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CHAPTER 21 - Commissioning for regional maternity services: an example from the East of England

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2014

By
Lyn McIntyre  and
Boon H. Lim
Edited by
Tahir Mahmood ,
Philip Owen ,
Sabaratnam Arulkumaran  and
Charnjit Dhillon
Lyn McIntyre
Affiliation:
NHS East of England
Boon H. Lim
Affiliation:
Hinchingbrooke Healthcare NHS Trust
Tahir Mahmood
Affiliation:
Forth Park Hospital, Kilcaldy
Philip Owen
Affiliation:
Glasgow Royal Infirmary
Sabaratnam Arulkumaran
Affiliation:
St George’s University London
Charnjit Dhillon
Affiliation:
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London
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Summary

In the East of England, the strategic health authority (SHA) sets up ten clinical pathway groups in early 2008 to design the clinical vision for all aspects of health care from the newborn period to the end of life. The purpose of the clinical pathway group was to develop the strategy and vision that was clinically led and evidence-based. The vision set out by the Maternity and Newborn Clinical Programme Board in the Towards the Best, Together report is to plan and deliver a maternity and newborn service for the East of England that will ensure the best outcome for mothers and babies. The key aim is to improve the quality of service, safety, outcomes and satisfaction for all women through offering informed choice around the types of care throughout pregnancy, birth and postnatally. The key challenge to date has been that of clinical engagement.

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newborn periodmaternity servicesstrategic health authorityMaternity and Newborn Clinical Programme Boardclinical visionEast of England
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Models of Care in Maternity Services , pp. 200 - 210
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2010

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