Staff issues cloud maternity shake-up

Staff issues cloud maternity shake-up (PF 9/2/07)

Place – how are maternity services to be distributed: Choice of home, midwife-led hospital unit or consultant-led regional unit.

Promotion – selling changes in provision to the public

People – new arrangements would need more midwifes and obstetricians

Physical – public attachment to physical infrastructure: local maternity hospital units would be downgraded.

Process – making sure it all works