Condition lifted at Peterborough and Stamford

We have lifted the remaining condition imposed on Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Our latest review found a significant increase in staffing levels at the Peterborough Maternity Unit, ensuring that all women receive care from a registered midwife.
We checked the trust’s compliance through a range of measures including:
• meetings with senior management and staff
• reviewing the results of a survey conducted by the Strategic Health Authority (SHA) on the care women received during labour
The findings show that the trust has:
• successfully recruited a large number of permanent midwifes and additional staff
• put in place a risk escalation process to use when staffing ratios dip below the required level
• created a reserve list to use against future vacancies and bank staff recruitment
• allowed midwives to concentrate on clinical activities by increasing the number of maternity support workers and administration staff on duty
Additionally, according to the interim results from the survey, new mothers are highly satisfied by the care they received. All participants also commented that they received 1 to 1 care from a midwife whilst they were in labour at the maternity unit.

Find out more

• Read the press release:http://www.cqc.org.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases.cfm?cit_id=36625&FAArea1=customWidgets.content_view_1&usecache=false

• Find out about our essential standards:
http://www.cqc.org.uk/aboutcqc/whatwedo/monitoringessentialstandardsofqualityandsafety/whataretheessentialstandardsofqualityandsafety.cfm