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Good record keeping is
an accepted cornerstone of best practice, and has
been emphasised by CESDI and other surveys on patient
safety and avoidable harm. A review of the intrapartum
notes currently used in units in the West Midlands
have shown wide disparity and lack of standardisation,
and the same appears to apply throughout the country.
Often, intrapartum notes rely on addition of loose
pages, which means that it is impossible to know
whether a record is complete or pages are missing.
Standardisation is also important for the care of
mothers who need to be transferred, and for midwifery
and obstetric staff who move between units.
In the absence of a viable national initiative,
the Perinatal Institute is undertaking the development
of new intrapartum notes (‘Birth Notes’),
consistent with the principles applied in the Pregnancy
Notes, and the core dataset collected through our
new Maternal and Neonatal Electronic Recording System
(MANNERS).
Project History
- 2001- Project commenced
- Initial draft presented at sub –regional
meetings during 2002
- First draft printed early 2003, presented
at a multidisciplinary seminar
- May 2003 -First draft presented at annual regional
supervisors of midwives meeting
- July 2003- version 2 disseminated throughout the
region for consultation, further feedback received
- August 2003 – two field trials undertaken
- October 2003 – field trial findings presented
at regional forum – further feedback agreed
- December 2003 – final version printed.
- March 2004 – first regional training workshop
- May 2004 – birth notes presented in combination
with pregnancy notes during a national training
workshop
- December 2004 – evaluation commenced on
the use of the notes in clinical practice
- February 2005 - Version 5.1 produced in response
to evaluation process.
- May 6th 2004 – Sixth National Improving
Perinatal Care workshop,
- July 8th 2004 – Seventh National Improving
Perinatal Care workshop
- October 14th 2004 – Eighth National Improving
Perinatal Care workshop
- January 11th 2005 - Ninth National Improving
Perinatal Care workshop, with representation
from 4 units and one independent midwife outside
the
West Midlands
- March 15th 2005 - Tenth National Improving Perinatal
Care workshop, with representation from 3 units
outside the West Midlands
- July 6th 2005 - 11th National Improving Perinatal
Care workshop
- September 29th 2005 - 12th National Improving
Perinatal Care workshop
- March 15th 2006- 13th National Improving Perinatal
Care workshop
Please e-mail your comments
to notes@pi.nhs.uk
The project is run
by an in house development team, aided by an
external advisory group:
WMPI in-house development
team:
| Jason Gardosi |
Director and Consultant
Obstetrician |
| Pat McGeown |
Head of Midwifery |
| Kate Morse |
Specialist Midwife |
| Jill Wright |
Specialist Midwife |
| Ellen Knox |
Perinatal Research
Fellow |
| Andre Francis |
Typesetting and Layout |
| Kevin Marshall |
Web developer
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External Advisory
Group:
| Wendy Noble |
West Midlands LSA
Officer |
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Caroline Crompton
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Midwife, Alexandra Hospital
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| Maggie Jarvis |
Assistant Midwifery
Manager, Delivery Suite, George Eliot Hospital |
| Kate Quarrell |
Head of Midwifery,
City Hospital, Birmingham |
| Margaret Troth |
Midwife – Delivery
Suite, Wordsley Hospital |
| Tracey Vanner |
Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist,
Good Hope Hospital |
| Pam Wood |
Community Midwife,
North Staffordshire Maternity Hospital |
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