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WMPI In-house Development Team:

Prof. Jason Gardosi Director and Consultant Obstetrician
Jill Wright Specialist Midwife
Kate Morse Specialist Midwife
Pat McGeown Head of Midwifery
Dr. Sue Kady Research Fellow
Glenda Augustine National Child Health Screening Coordinator
Sharon Hodgkiss Regional Antenatal Screening Coordinator
Karen Anderson Neonatal Project Administrator
Lisa Hydes Paediatric High Dependency Project Administrator
Andre Francis Typesetting and Layout
Kevin Marshall Web developer

Consultation Group

Caroline Crompton                  Alexandra Hospital, Redditch Midwife
Elaine Meredith Bellevue Medical Centre, Edgbaston Health Visitor
Sally Davies    Bushbury HC, Wolverhampton Health Visitor
Elaine Edwards    University Hospital of North Staffs Ward Manager/Midwife
Pam Woods    University Hospital of North Staffs Community Midwife
Margaret King  City Hospital Birmingham Practice Development Midwife
Nicola Miller  County Hospital, Hereford Midwife
Caroline Montgomery County Hospital, Hereford Midwife
Jan Pakes   County Hospital, Hereford Midwife
Sarah Caldicott   County Hospital, Hereford Integrated Care Pathway Lead
Amanda Palmer    County Hospital, Hereford Senior Midwife
Karen Hughes  Good Hope, Sutton Coldfield Community Midwife
Mary Freeman Heartlands Hospital, B’Ham Midwife
Sue Dennett  Heartlands Hospital, B’Ham Consultant Midwife
Fiona Beckwith                       Manor Hospital, Walsall Feeding Coordinator
Jane Henley  Manor Hospital, Walsall Advanced NN Practitioner
Ann Clare  Manor Hospital, Walsall Ward Manager
Jane Longden   Manor Hospital, Walsall Project Midwife
Lin Gostling  Manor Hospital, Walsall Community Manager
Susan Treacy MSLC MSLC Representative
Carole Sadler New Cross, Wolverhampton Midwife
Catherine Hayes New Cross, Wolverhampton Midwife
Ursula Chadburn N. Stoke PCT, Prof Advisor/Development Lead Health Visitor
Sanjeev Deshpande Royal Shrewsbury Neonatologist
Justine Edwards    Russells Hall Hospital Midwife
Nicola Speakman   Russells Hall Hospital Midwife
Gaynor Vokes Russells Hall Hospital Community Midwife
Jacqui Fitzgerald Solihull Hospital, Birmingham Community Midwife
Anne Mellor  Stafford Hospital Modern Matron Midwifery
Joyce Till Stafford Hospital Ward Manager/Midwife
Kate Quarrell       UCE, Birmingham Lecturer
Christine MacArthur  University of Birmingham Professor of Maternal and Child Epidemiology
Heather Winter University of Birmingham Maternal and Child Epidemiologist
Jill Day Walsall PCT Health Visitor
Helen Walton   Warwick Hospital Head of Midwifery
Wendy Noble Worcester HA Regional LSA Officer
Caroline Johnson  Worcester Royal Hospital Midwife
Donna Campion    Worcester Royal Hospital Midwifery Manager
Helen Tipper  Worcester Royal Hospital Midwife

 

Project History

September 2004

Postnatal forum: introduction

January 2005

Weekly in-house Postnatal Notes development meetings

February 2005

Regional consultation meeting:

     First draft of new Postnatal Notes presented followed by
     workshops to discuss changes, developments and adjustments

     Separate maternal and baby set agreed to reflect
      bereavement/adoption/child protection issues, to be held
      together in one wallet

In-house Postnatal Notes development meeting

March 2005

In-house Postnatal Notes development meetings

April 2005

Stafford agree to be site of Postnatal Notes field trial

In-house Postnatal Notes development meeting

May 2005

In-house Postnatal Notes development meeting

July 2005

Postnatal Notes field trial training commenced - Stafford

August 2005

Postnatal Notes field trial training - Stafford

September 2005

Field trial commenced – Stafford, on-going training
Consultation process to run concurrently
Small consultation group meeting with invited multi-disciplinary professionals
Presentation of Postnatal Notes at regional midwifery forum meeting

October 2005

Consultation with West Midlands Child Health Record group

November 2005

Regional consultation meeting:

          Field Trial Results
          Proposed Changes

December 2005

Consultation with West Midlands Child Health Record group

January 2006

In-house Postnatal Notes development meetings

Consultation with West Midlands Child Health Record group

February 2006

Final Regional consultation meeting:

      -     All duplication removed
      -     Discharge letter in baby set to become pages 3, 4, 5 and 6 of red book
      -     Merge mother and baby discharge summaries
      -     Detailed adjustments made in each booklet

March 2006

In-house Postnatal Notes development meeting

April 2006

Postnatal Notes final draft to printers

May 2006 Consultation with West Midlands PCHR Group
June 2006 Notes Launched
Training workshops commenced at Worcester Royal and Alexandra Hospital, Redditch and Kidderminster
July 2006 Training Workshops at West Cumberland Hospital and Carlisle Hospital
September 2006 First workshop at Perinatal Institute with representatives from 1 unit outside the West Midlands
October 2006 Training at Evesham Community Hospital
November 2006 Training commenced at Russells Hall Hospital, Dudley
January 2007 Workshop at Perinatal Institute with representatives from 1 unit outside the West Midlands
February 2007 Workshop at Perinatal Institute with representatives from 2 units outside the West Midlands
May 2007 Training at Taunton and Bedford Hospitals
June 2007 Training at West Cumberland Hospital, Carlisle Hospital and Preston Hospital
Workshop at Perinatal Institute with representatives from 2 units outside the West Midlands
July 2007 Latest Version 6.2 printed
   

 

 
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