The Evening Times ran an article about figures in a new report showing that women from Lanarkshire experience higher-than-average rates of stillbirth and neonatal deaths than other parts of Scotland. The region recorded the second-highest rate in Scotland with 6.42 deaths per 1,000 births. However it is worth noting that the figure of 7,096 Lanarkshire resident […]
Badger celebrates a first successful year
It is a year from the implementation of this electronic record for women which records all their care throughout their pregnancy, delivery and postnatal care.
Maternity staff celebrated the occasion with a ‘Badger’s birthday’ on 31 October.
Lyn Clyde, chief midwife/operational manager, said: “During the last year there have been a significant number of changes to the layout and the way we work in both the maternity and neonatal units.
“As well as Badger we had the redesign of the unit which has incorporated the change from all wards delivering antenatal, labour and postnatal care to now having specific antenatal, labour and postnatal wards. We also the move to ward 24 of special care and transitional care unit.
“This was a tremendous amount of work for all of the staff involved. The staff all worked so hard and the celebration was to celebrate all of their efforts, motivation and dedication to the care of the mums and their babies.
“The senior team and I would like to convey their immense thanks for a job well done.”
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