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nationally. It will support the main functions and processes of the maternity and neonatal services. The procurement and implementation of a complete MN-CMS that is interfaced with the Hospital Information System (HIS) and other clinical systems will, in the longer term, provide a fully-integrated electronic patient system that manages and records all events for mother and baby.
‘WHAT MATTERS TO YOU?’ SURVEY – AIMS IRELAND AIMS Ireland, the Association for the Improvements in the Maternity Services in Ireland, is a consumer-led organisation. It was established in 2007 by a number of concerned mothers who were dissatisfied with the care they received and who decided to advocate for change in maternity services.
The Association campaigns for
mother-friendly birth practices and more choice. It provides consumer feedback to the maternity hospitals, the HSE, the Department of Health and Children and other agencies providing maternity services. In 2009, the Association conducted a survey among women who experienced maternity services as currently provided. The HSE welcomes such surveys as it gives a snapshot of the positive aspects of maternity care in Ireland and also highlights areas where more work needs to be done. One of the main issues raised in the survey was that of choice during care provision. Women wanted more midwifery- led options, greater geographic equity in services and more “neutral” information on the choices available. The ‘what matters to you’ survey was carried out between july and december 2009 and had 367 respondents. Full details of the survey are available on the AIMSI website
www.aimsireland.com
NATIONAL DISABILITY AUTHORITY REPORTS NOW AVAILABLE A literature review and policy report relating to women with disabilities and their experiences of pregnancy and early motherhood are now available on the National Disability Authority (ndA) website
www.nda.ie.
“in her new role with the hse, sheila will provide leadership support and guidance on a range of professional midwifery matters.”
The HSE participated as part of the Steering Group for these reports and is currently engaged with the NDA in relation to specific requirements for women/families with disabilities.
APPOINTMENT OF NATIONAL MIDWIFERY LEAD FOR THE HSE Sheila Sugrue was appointed National Midwifery Lead for the HSE in March and reports to the Office of the Nursing and Midwifery Director in the Directorate of Quality and Clinical Care. She was formerly Nurse/Midwife
Advisor with the Department of Health and Children (2006 – 2010) working in the Nursing Policy Division. In her new role with the HSE, Sheila will
provide leadership support and guidance on a range of professional midwifery matters. The appointment provides an opportunity where midwives can contribute to change and respond to women’s and service needs in innovative ways. Sheila’s appointment comes at a time when major changes for midwives are on the way in legislation and regulation. The publication of the new Nurses and midwives Bill in April recognises midwifery as a separate and distinct profession for the first time since 1950. The introduction of Clinical Supervision for all midwives in the Bill will require implementation throughout the profession. The purpose of the Bill is to enhance the protection of the public in its dealings with nurses and midwives and to ensure the integrity of the practice of both nursing and midwifery.
The first pre-registration midwives also known as direct entry midwives are due to graduate this summer, the first since the 1950s also. The maternity services are a key component of the HSE’s Transformation Programme and midwives have a key role to play as the organisation moves to an integrated model of care. During her career Sheila was Labour
ward Clinical manager at St james’s Hospital Maternity Unit, Dublin and Clinical Manager, Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital, Dublin where she later became Midwifery Tutor and Principal Tutor at the School of Midwifery. She completed a Bachelor of nursing Studies at uCd and later an MSc in Midwifery.
During her time working in the School of Midwifery, Sheila maintained a close link with the clinical environment and established a Midwives Clinic for low risk women. She intends to continue to maintain a close relationship with the clinical environment.
Additional material provided by
Prof. Cecily Begley, Chair of nursing and Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin; Mary Brosnan, director of midwifery, nmH, Holles Street, Dublin; Noel Carberry, Project Manager Maternal and Newborn Clinical management System (mn-CmS); Dr Chris Fitzpatrick, Master CWIUH; Krysia Lynch, PRO Coordinator AIMSI.
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