As of 30th Sept 2024, Hologic will cease sales of Rapid fFN® 10Q cassettes, in the U.K and other global markets. The QUiPP App can still be used based on history & cervical length. We will be adding other biomarkers to the algorithm in the near future to maintain accuracy.
Researchers in Oxford have developed a maternity early warning score that’s derived from patient data, which is being rolled out across the English NHS. It will help healthcare providers identify and respond to signs of deterioration in pregnant women. https://t.co/AfEty5qOp7
A new Maternity Early Warning Score (MEWS) to be rolled out across the NHS.
Derived from real data from >1000 pregnancies, it used statistical modelling to set appropriate thresholds for vital signs, reducing unnecessary alerts.
https://t.co/30UNO85WFC
@UniofOxford@NHSEngland
2/ to be clear it’s not been put to members with a “yes” recommendation because it’s *nowhere near* good enough to warrant that.
Zip all to do with “complexity”
Take a good look at this @NickTriggle - this is why it can’t be recommended 👇
“What we’ve asked for is simply about fairness”
@Vish_Sharm explains to @GMB this morning that fixing the so-called independent pay review body is the key ask for consultants so they can “claw back what has been lost”.
Consultants have seen pay fall by 35% since 2008/9.
⚠️ Industrial action by consultants begins tomorrow, Thursday 24 August at 7am and will end at 7am on Saturday.
Our A&Es will be extremely busy as it's also a Bank Holiday weekend. ⚠️
See our thread 🧵 👇
The government's below inflation pay award is another real terms pay cut, @trentconsultant explains on @GMB this morning.
As a second two-day strike begins, he calls for talks with @SteveBarclay (who hasn't met with consultants for 150 days) in order to #FixConsultantPay
https://t.co/rZZxxPGELt
It takes 10 years of training to be a GP
(5 med school, 2 foundation years, 3 years GP training)
It takes 2 years of training to be a PA
Ask for a doctor-especially in GP, it is the very last place to be dealing with an undifferentiated patient cohort
Every maternity service in the country should have made this commitment in 2015 when the Morecambe Bay report was published. The lessons were clear then and the recommendations the right ones. What a colossal missed opportunity. 1/2
Today, our Maternity and Women’s Services teams took time out to celebrate 75 years of the NHS with a Big Tea. It was time to reflect on all we achieve each day whilst looking after each other too (oh, and to demonstrate their baking skills 😉) @CHFTNHS#onecultureofcare
Wonderful to see doctors, midwives and student midwives all so committed to improving the quality of Perineal Care at CHFT #bestteam@cazandal@CHFTMaternity
This July, I've signed up to #TakeOn2000 for @SandsUK - fancy joining me to challenge yourself to complete either 2000 push ups, squats or a mixture of the two, from 1st to 14th July?
Sign up to today
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#SavingBabiesLives#Charity#Fundraising