Hi everyone - this media release was cited on the Australian
Healthcare Association's webpage today:
Geez....... Molloy must be getting worried if he went to all this
trouble ! They can't even say the word MIDWIFE !
just good ol doctors and nurses !.....good luck Jenny you will have all of
us with you in spirit.
Sally-Anne
News Item Details
| Title: |
AMA Queensland Congratulates RBWH
Review Into Birth Centre |
| Spokesperson: |
Australian Medical Association Queensland |
| Date: |
30/05/2005 |
| Category: |
State Health News |
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| Description: |
AMA Queensland President Dr David Molloy
today congratulated the Royal Brisbane and Women�s Hospital (RBWH)
management for agreeing to implement the 31 recommendations made by the
Nicholl/McCann Review to improve care and service delivery at the Birth
Centre.
Dr Molloy said he is pleased to hear that the report has
been recognised publicly and the recommendations that many doctors
believed were necessary will be implemented in the future.
The
recommendations include better risk management, regular meetings between
nurses and doctors, clear lines of communication between care providers,
and improving transfer of care for patients at risk of a complicated
delivery.
Other recommendations include standardising data
management, evaluation, benchmarking and the monitoring process,
coordinating clinical practice improvement projects, and providing staff
with support in the event they are involved in a sentinel
event.
�Although there has been criticism from midwifery groups
about the AMA�s position on the Birthing Centre at the Royal Brisbane
Hospital, the medical profession has been concerned with ensuring women
get the best possible care at the facility,� Dr Molloy said.
�AMA
Queensland wants the highest standard of care to be provided to pregnant
women and their babies and ensure that any report investigating the care
that is provided in the public hospital system remains transparent and
accessible,� he said.
AMA Queensland President Dr Molloy said he has
publicly dismissed the nickname labelling the facility as �the killing
fields� and apologised for the anxiety this may have caused pregnant
women.
�This emotive statement may have undermined the public�s
confidence in the care that is RBWH staff had about the centre,� he
said.
AMA Queensland President Dr Molloy has consistently acknowledged
that the service meets the need for pregnant mothers and has said that the
centre should remain open.
�The new recommendations will ensure
that there is greater cooperation between doctors and nurses to make sure
that patients receive the highest standards of care at the birthing
centre,� he said.
CONTACT: STACEY COGLAN on 07 3872 2221 or
0400 110 565
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