Trust Board Febuary 2010 - Sandwell & West Birmingham Hospitals

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TRUST BOARD
DOCUMENT TITLE:
SPONSORING DIRECTOR:
AUTHOR:
Maternity Service- Medium Term Review : Business Case for
Change
John Adler, Chief Executive
Jayne Dunn, Redesign Director – Right Care Right Here
DATE OF MEETING: 25 February 2010
SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS:
In September 2009 the Trust and PCT Boards agreed to public consultation on the three
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short-listed options for changes to the way maternity services in relation to intra-partum and
Consultant led care, are provided at Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust in
the medium term i.e. from 2010 until the opening of the new Acute Hospital in 2015/16.
Following this public consultation took place between 12 th October 2009 and 18 th January
2010. The outcome of this consultation has been reviewed by an independent organisation,
Merida Associates and their report has been presented to the Board.
During the public consultation period the Project Steering Group leading the medium term
review of maternity services, undertook more detailed work on the short listed options in
relation to activity, capacity, finance, staffing, risks, feasibility, timescale for implementation
and equality impact assessment. The Project Steering Group also considered responses to
the consultation document.
The purpose of this report is to present the Project Steering Group’s recommended option
and set out the Business Case for the related service changes.
The Project Steering Group is recommending Option 3 i.e. All consultant led care and, all inpatient
services and, temporarily all births would transfer to City Hospital. A Stand Alone
Midwifery Led Birth Centre would be developed within Sandwell and, once operational,
some midwifery led low risk births would relocate to the new centre in Sandwell. Low risk
midwifery led antenatal care and routine screening will be available in Sandwell and at
City Hospital. Consultant led antenatal care would be relocated to City Hospital. All
Neonatal care would be provided at City Hospital.
PURPOSE OF THE REPORT (Indicate with ‘x’ the purpose that applies):
Approval Receipt and Noting Discussion
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