Written Question · S2W-04536 · Session 2
What progress it has made with regard to Implementing a Framework for Maternity Services in Scotland.
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress it has made with regard to Implementing a Framework for Maternity Services in Scotland.
The answer
The Framework for Maternity Services establishes clear action points and recommendationsto enable NHS boards, trusts and other agencies to put in place maternity servicesappropriate to the needs of the population and demography of Scotland.
To support implementationthere are a number of areas of work that have, or are being, progressed. Keypieces of work include publication of the work undertaken by the expert groupon acute maternity services and the creation of a national maternity services workforcegroup. There is also the development of a maternity development programme and thedevelopment of maternity standards by NHS Quality Improvement Scotland. the Executive has also provided funding for regional maternity service co-ordinators.
To support implementationthere are a number of areas of work that have, or are being, progressed. Keypieces of work include publication of the work undertaken by the expert groupon acute maternity services and the creation of a national maternity services workforcegroup. There is also the development of a maternity development programme and thedevelopment of maternity standards by NHS Quality Improvement Scotland. the Executive has also provided funding for regional maternity service co-ordinators.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S2W-04536 by reference.