Quality Account 2010/11 - James Paget University Hospitals
Quality Account 2010/11 - James Paget University Hospitals
Quality Account 2010/11 - James Paget University Hospitals
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Question Area Conclusions Recommended Actions<br />
Post-natal Hospital<br />
Care<br />
Feeding Baby<br />
Care at Home After<br />
Birth<br />
Trust scores in comparison to other<br />
Trusts on issues relating to hospital<br />
care after the birth are more<br />
positive.<br />
Trust scores on issues relating to<br />
hospital care after the birth have<br />
fallen back compared to 2007.<br />
Trust scores in comparison to other<br />
Trusts on issues relating to feeding<br />
baby are less positive.<br />
Trust scores on issues relating to<br />
feeding baby have remained about<br />
the same compared to 2007.<br />
Trust scores in comparison to other<br />
Trusts on issues relating to care at<br />
home<br />
after the birth are more positive.<br />
Trust scores on issues relating to<br />
care at home have improved in<br />
respect of the overall rating of care<br />
compared to 2007.<br />
Examine ways of increasing the<br />
number of women who feel involved<br />
in decisions about their care during<br />
labour and the birth of their baby.<br />
Examine reasons why some women<br />
think their stay in hospital was too<br />
short.<br />
Ensure that women are given all the<br />
information they require about their<br />
own recovery after the birth of their<br />
baby.<br />
Ensure that all babies have a<br />
newborn examination before<br />
discharge.<br />
Ensure that both verbal and written<br />
information is easily understood by<br />
women, and that all the information<br />
and explanations required are given.<br />
Ensure that all women are treated<br />
with respect and dignity, kindness<br />
and understanding during their<br />
postnatal stay in hospital.<br />
Ensure that women have infant<br />
feeding discussed with them during<br />
their pregnancy by midwives.<br />
Ensure that women are given full<br />
support and encouragement,<br />
practical help and consistent advice<br />
about feeding their baby, particularly<br />
in relation to breast feeding.<br />
Look at ways of increasing the<br />
number of women breast feeding<br />
Ensure that women have a contact<br />
number in case they are worried by<br />
anything when at home after the<br />
baby’s birth.<br />
Review the number and frequency of<br />
midwives visits in the light of<br />
respondents’ views.<br />
Review the provision of information<br />
about looking after baby in the light of<br />
the number of women who say they<br />
either did not get information or that<br />
they only got it to some extent.<br />
Ensure that all women have postnatal<br />
check-ups for their own health.<br />
<strong>James</strong> <strong>Paget</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>Hospitals</strong> NHS Foundation Trust<br />
<strong>Quality</strong> <strong>Account</strong> <strong>2010</strong>/<strong>11</strong> Page 52 of 62
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