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NEWSOfficial Openingof Lagan ValleyHospital MidwifeLed Unit.Health Minister Michael McGimpsey meets Kerry andAllan Houston and their new baby Adam. Looking on areLynne Logan (Team Midwife), Hugh McCaughey (ChiefExecutive) and Sarah Rankin (Team Leader).Health Minister Michael McGimpsey officially opens theMidwife Led Unit at Lagan Valley Hospital. Also picturedare Ashley Johnston (Staff Midwife), Zoe Boreland (LeadMidwife) and Hugh McCaughey (Chief Executive).On 10th March 2011 the Minister officially openedthe new freestanding midwife led unit in LaganValley hospital. This is the completion of a project heannounced on 18 March 2009 following a decisionby the South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust towithdraw consultant-led services from the hospital.Transfer of services occurred on the 2nd February andon the day of the official opening 30 babies had beenborn to date.Unveiling a plaque celebrating the opening of the unitthe Minister reiterated his support for midwife ledservices and the extra choice they provide for womenwith a straightforward pregnancy, he continued bycommending the midwives, obstetricians and localgeneral practitioners for their support of the new unitwith a special mention for Zoe Boreland the lead midwifein Lagan Valley for her commitment to the project.The Minister then went on to say “I congratulate all thewomen who have given birth here to date which furthershows the popularity of this type of midwife led unit forwomen experiencing a straightforward pregnancy.”Health Minister Michael McGimpsey meets with parentsalong with their babies born at the Midwife Led Unit.For further information relating to midwifery contactDenise Boulter (see back page for contact details)14
Safeguarding Children SupervisionRegional Policy andProcedure for NorthernIreland Health andSocial Care TrustsThe need for robust structures and systems tosupport effective safeguarding children practicehas been repeatedly emphasized in child deathinquiry reports, case management reviews and inthe DHSSPS Inspection Report (2006), Our Childrenand Young People – Our Shared Responsibility. TheInspection (2006), which was taken forward througha multi-disciplinary and inter-agency inspection team,was carried out to obtain information about thenature and quality of child protection services withinNorthern IrelandLord Laming (2003 & 2009) and the NorthernIreland Inspection (2006), recommend the need forrobust supervision arrangements to be in place forthose practitioners who hold specific and ongoingresponsibility for safeguarding children.Parallel to this, NIPEC (2007) have defined nursingsupervision as ‘A process of professional support andlearning, undertaken through a range of activities,which enables individual registrant nurses to developknowledge and competence, assume responsibilityfor their own practice and enhance service and userprotection, quality and safety’. Safeguarding childrennursing supervision is complementary, but additionalto nursing supervision (NIPEC, 2007).In late 2009, a CNO sponsored programme of workwas established to respond to the recommendationsof the Northern Ireland Inspection (2006). This workhas now been completed and the Chief NursingOfficer has recently issued a Safeguarding ChildrenSupervision policy and procedure for Nurses.The aim of these documents is to promote goodpractice and improve nursing standards throughreflective practice, risk assessment, plannedintervention and ongoing quality assurance of nursingpractice which safeguards children and promotestheir welfare.These should be used alongside Trust nursingsupervision policies to support practitioners to delivera high standard of service to children and families.The policy is suitable for implementation withinspecific service areas including health visiting, schoolnursing, CAMHS teams, and Community Children’snursing, however further work will be required in thefuture to address the needs of acute nursing andmidwifery.Whilst this project did examine supervision withincommunity adult mental health services furtherwork will be taken forward through the Think Child,Think Parent, Think Family, project to review currentpractices within mental health and children’sservices and take forward work to promote a FamilyModel approach (SCIE 2009), which builds upon thestrengths of the family, supports the management ofrisk, care planning and the review of cases.Supporting staff through supervision improves workingpractices and contributes to better service delivery andoutcomes for children.The policy and procedure are available at: http://www.dhsspsni.gov.uk/index/nmag/nmagprojectsandreports.htmIf you have any further queries please contact AngelaMcLernon, Nursing Officer, by e-mail at angela.mclernon@dhsspsni.gov.uk (or telephone 9052 0794).15
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