Denise
Back in the UK I was a member of three local
Maternity Services Liason Committees (MSLC's) where consumers and OB's midwives,
Health vistors, and GP's meet to discuss local health service provision - this
was a member of the NCT.
They worked well and it was interesting that
evryone respected everyone's ideas - indeed I was often rung up by local OB's to
help make representations from a consumer perspective (for example on the
provision of homebirth services).
These were statutory bodies that came out of
Changing Childbirth.
We suggested to Harry Cohen that WA could do with
the same - don't know whether he will take us up on it :-)
Debbie
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