Five external reviews into the care of women and babies at Portiuncula University Hospital reveal ongoing issues post-2018, particularly in governance, communication, clinical care, and leadership. Women with gestational diabetes, high-risk BMI, or past labor difficulties will now deliver in different hospitals. The Health Service Executive (HSE) North West plans individual meetings with affected families to discuss findings and next steps. An external team is overseeing recommended improvements, focusing on governance, patient care pathways, and multidisciplinary collaboration to address critical gaps in care identified in prior reports.
"We are committed to implementing the 34 recommendations contained in these five reviews. Much of this work is already well advanced through the external team which was put in place in January to oversee all aspects of maternity and neonatal care."
"The review team laid out four common themes of concern: communication; governance; clinical care; leadership and infrastructure. A previous review of maternity care in the hospital took place in 2018... which highlighted similar concerns around governance, training and consultant presence."
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