'It's Absolutely Full to Bursting - Every Bed We Have Is Full' ; Tour Reveals the Extent of the Problem Facing Hard-Pressed Staff at Busy Maternity Unit at the Centre of Rising Concern
South Wales Echo › October 04, 2008
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The Echo first highlighted some midwives' concerns about conditions at the University Hospital of Wales' consultant-led maternity unit 10 days ago. Health Editor MADELEINE BRINDLEY was yesterday invited to accompany senior managers and Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust on a tour of the unit to see it at work
AS we reach the busy delivery suite during our carefully time- tabled tour of the consultant-led maternity unit, the introductory remarks from senior staff are halted by a consultant anaesthetist.See the full content of this document
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'It's Absolutely Full to Bursting - Every Bed We Have Is Full' ; Tour Reveals the Extent of the Problem Facing Hard-Pressed Staff at Busy Maternity Unit at the Centre of Rising Concern
Rachel Collis tells us that the unit is so full that a woman has been waiting in theatre, after undergoing a Caesarean section, for more than half an hour because there are no beds available.
"It's absolutely full tobursting. Every bed we have is full," she said. "...See the full content of this document
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