24/7 consultant presence in a UK NHS tertiary maternity unit

Jeremy Hunt, UK health secretary, has assertively announced plans to impose consultant contracts that dictate consultant presence in hospitals 24 h a day, 7 days a week (24/7). The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, in its report High Quality Women's Health Care: A Proposal for...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Lancet (British edition) 2015-09, Vol.386 (9997), p.951-952
Hauptverfasser:	Ahmed, Irshad, Wyldes, Michael P, Chong, Hsu P, Barber, Katherine J, Tan, Bee K
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Attitude of Health Personnel Cesarean section Childbirth & labor Consultants Delivery, Obstetric - statistics & numerical data Female Hospitals Humans Internal Medicine Maternal Health Services - manpower Midwifery Obstetrics Patient Safety Patients Physicians Pregnancy Stillbirth - epidemiology United Kingdom - epidemiology Womens health
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Zusammenfassung:	Jeremy Hunt, UK health secretary, has assertively announced plans to impose consultant contracts that dictate consultant presence in hospitals 24 h a day, 7 days a week (24/7). The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, in its report High Quality Women's Health Care: A Proposal for Change, has also recommended 168 h of consultant presence per week in maternity units with more than 6000 births per year.
ISSN:	0140-6736 1474-547X
DOI:	10.1016/S0140-6736(15)00058-6