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Developing a Midwifery Led Unit on a Shoe String…
Dawn JohnstonPrev Head of MidwiferyDarent Valley Hospital
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• Background
• Drivers
• People
• What do you want?
• What do you need?
• Resources (excluding staff)
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Background
• Increasing birth rate • Expensive PFI building• Maternity Matters- choice• Recruitment of Midwives
Deliveries (babies)
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3 Most important things in life are…
• Sex
• Power
• Money
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People • Who do you influence?• What do you influence?• Need for more capacity• Increased revenue• More choice • Maternity unit of Choice • First in Kent
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People • Who do you influence?• What do you influence?• Need for more capacity• Increased revenue• More choice • Maternity unit of Choice • First in Kent • Headline stuff…
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What do we want?
• All singing all dancing MLU
• Dedicated area
• Designed accordingly
• Numerous facilities
• Numerous pieces of furnishings/equipment
• Piped whale music etc, etc.,
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What do you need?
• More capacity to deliver increased activity
• Adapt current space (Maternity Ward)
• Suitable flooring
• Facility for water births
• Resuscitare
• Entonox, sonacaids etc
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Resources…
• Expenditure vs. income
• Predictions of activity for whole unit and MLU – planned at 10% of all deliveries
• Develop business plan
• Capital costs were £27k
• Soft furnishings John Lewis
• Advertise – charity funds
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MLU Landmarks…1st MLU Baby
100th MLU Baby
1000th MLU Baby
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