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British maternity wards in crisis

Some very bleak reading, particularly in light of the recent CMACE report, Saving Mothers' Lives 2006-2008 which tells that sepsis now outranks even pre-eclampsia and eclampsia as the leading direct cause of maternal death. Deaths due to sepsis have risen from 18 in 2003-05 to 26 in 2006-08* - …

No.10 has responded to our petition. Or has it?

The Number 10 e-Petitions website has responded to the Maternal Health petition. Or has it?

The response considerately quotes paragraphs from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guideline Routine postnatal care of women and their babies (2006) which sets out what …

Maternal deaths are an outrage

… way to get maternal mortality recognized as a key indicator of a functioning health system. Let us work together to make sure maternal mortality is a problem of the past and not our children's future."

Sarah Brown ( Reuters 19 May)

The justifiable outrage that pregnancy and childbirth continue to kill 529,000 women and leave 1 million children motherless worldwide every year is, naturally, …

Mrs Brown gives away a free plug

I've been away from here for a little bit too long, with school holidays, work etc. I've also been concentrating on micro-blogging.

Just the other day I discovered that Sarah Brown had joined Twitter. As well as being Mrs G. Brown, she is a strong advocate of women's health in the developing world. Knowing this, I 'followed' her (on Twitter this is a very …

Topic for discussion

Maternal death is too uncomfortable a topic for discussion.

Please discuss in the comments.

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She doesn’t know her mother is dead

… but I believe that charity begins at home and that means fixing the problems at home as well. The work that so many organisations - such as the White Ribbon Alliance - does is vital, but there is so far to go in ensuring the safety of our own mothers.

Back to Karmeh for second, and I question the wisdom of not telling her that her mother is dead. Waiting until she understands the concept of …

1-2-3, Go

… I'm going to add our voice to those already calling for it.

We acknowledged that finding time to work on Jessica's Trust can be hard at times, but the passion is there, and the open line of communication with CEMACH just may give it the boost to go.

MEOWS

… got around to implementing them.

She told me she was on the panel and was going to go back to work to get them implemented. Now.

I want these charts to be used routinely, as in other disciplines, and they should follow a mum home to the community midwife as well. How else is she supposed to know her patient's full history so definitively?

You can see an example MEOWS chart here. …

State of play

… You know what's coming, don't you?

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