Maternity Systems -
History and Functionality
Janet Browne - former CEO, Euroking
This presentation gave an historical perspective
of maternity computers from inception to present
day. Fundamentally, the needs of electronic systems
are the same today as they were 20 years ago.
Phil Godfrey- former CEO, Protos
Maternity systems need to follow national
standards and have a standard core data set. They
also need to support midwifery movement between
the community and hospital settings.
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Standardising Datasets
Rupert Fawdry - Consultant Obstetrician
and Gynaecologist
There is a need to start with the horse and
not the cart, the horse being the clinician. Clinicians
need help in collecting data relevant to the care
of the patient. It is important to acknowledge
the cost and workload of collecting information.
Jason Gardosi – Director, Perinatal
Institute
MANNERS is an NHS owned system which has
already proven itself for web based, regional
collection of standardised data. It is an exemplar
in the Information Strategy of the NSF for Children
and Maternity Services.
Anil Yogasundram – Datasets Service,
Health and Social Care Information Centre
Standard dataset development needs engagement
of all concerned, including clinicians and LSPs.
Milestones were outlined for the design, testing
and ongoing development of a national maternity
dataset.
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| Secondary Users Service
Leonie Mountney – Director for Service
Delivery, Health and Social Care Information Centre
The new Health and Social Care Information
Centre was launched in April 2005. One of the
key aims is to develop the Secondary User Service,
which will seek to ensure that information collected
is more useful to users.
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| Maternity and Antenatal Screening
Heather Develin – Coordinator, NPfIT
Screening Liaison Team
The National Screening Committee identify
the requirements for screening and how they link
into other antenatal and newborn pathways of care.
The NSC are working with Connecting for Health
to promote screening in the IT agenda.
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Migrating NN4B to NPfIT
Glen Woodward – Project Manager, NHS
Connecting for Health
The NHS Number for Babies (NN4B) project’s
implementation in England & Wales was a success.
It is working with the Blood Spot programme, bar
code labels and the NHS Hearing Screening Programme.
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| Connecting for Health
Mike Bainbridge – Clinical Architect,
NHS Connecting for Health
Connecting for Health – key aims are
to improve patient care, safety and clinical utility,
moving away from paper records where information
gets lost and is not always stored confidentially.
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'Do Once and Share'
Muir Gray - Director for Clinical
Knowledge, Process and Safety, NHS Connecting
for Health
There is a need to engage people from all
Health Communities, and this meeting is a start
of this process. This year is seen as the year
to re-orientate the project, establish what progress
has been made and share what has already been
achieved in various specialist areas.
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Updates from LSPs
Peter Doughty - Clinical Director, CSC Alliance
Outlined the role of the LSP within the North
West West Midlands Cluster to develop a maternity
solution. The LSP is working with an Expert Reference
Group to ensure the maternity solution is something
clinicians will use.
Simon Stone - Clinlical Director, Accenture
Acknowledged clinical engagement has been
fragmented but following workshops held last year,
is now seeking to work towards a common design.
An overview of the Lorenzo design was given.
Pam Connelly - Fujitsu Alliance
The London & South Cluster covers a large
geographical area with 7 SHAs with different agendas.
The aim is to improve communication and ensure
adequate clinical engagement which is not only
London centred
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Best Practice Process Design
Shelley Aldred - Maternity Lead, NPfIT London
and South
Work from the Best Practice Process Design
Group for Maternity was presented which seeks
to ensure that care pathways for IT systems are
correct and represent clinical processes and standards.
James Freed - Prevention and Screening Lead,
NPfIT London and South
Best Practice Process Design for Screening
aims to describe how prevention and screening
activities are co-ordinated and incorporated into
an ‘Integrated Pathway of Care’. There
is much to commend a national approach.
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