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your opinion, would have been by 03:00 (30 minutes
earlier).
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (2020)
Each Baby Counts: 2020 Final Progress Report. [Online]
Available at ebc-2020-final-progress-report.pdf (rcog.org.uk)
(Accessed 10th September 2024)
• Don’t be afraid to disagree with other experts but
don’t expect them to always agree with you! CTG interpretation is complex and there are often no right
answers. This may be very important when attending
Early Notification Scheme summits or joint expert
meetings.
References:
Gauge, S., Henderson, C. (2004) CTG Made Easy. 2nd
Edition. Churchill Livingstone. China.
Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch, (HSIB) (2023) Maternity Investigation Programme Year in Review 2022/23.
[Online] Available at Maternity Investigation Programme
Year in Review 2022/23 (mnsi.org.uk) (Accessed 10th
September 2024)
Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch, (HSIB) (2023) Assessment of risk during the maternity pathway. [Online]
Available at Assessment of risk during the maternity pathway
(mnsi.org.uk) (Accessed 10th September 2024)
National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
(2007) Intrapartum care. Clinical Guideline [CG55]
[Archived] [Online] Available at [ARCHIVED CONTENT]
CG55 Intrapartum care: NICE guideline (nationalarchives.gov.uk) (Accessed 10th September 2024)
Author
Gemma McIntyre
Registered Midwife, Professional Midwifery Advocate
BSc (Hons) Midwifery, MSc Health Studies
National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
(2008) Antenatal Care for Uncomplicated Pregnancies–
Clinical Guideline [CG62] [Archived] [Online] Available at
[ARCHIVED CONTENT] (nationalarchives.gov.uk) (Accessed 10th September 2024)
Gemma qualified as a registered midwife in 2012
and enjoyed spending time rotating through the
antenatal and postnatal wards, community midwifery,
antenatal day assessment unit and clinic before settling
in her favourite place on labour ward. During her
time working clinically, Gemma enjoyed gaining
additional skills in mentorship, examination of the
newborn, advanced clinical practice and newborn life
support alongside the more recognised skills such as
suturing, CTG interpretation, caring for bereaved
families and managing emergency situations. In 2016
Gemma became involved in some additional governance and audit tasks, which led to her successful
appointment as a specialist midwife in clinical skills
and patient safety in 2017. After 2 years in this role
Gemma decided to take a leap and began working as
a maternity investigator for what was previously
known as the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch
(HSIB), before it gained its new name of Maternity
and Newborn Safety Investigations (MNSI) in
October 2023. Gemma has very much enjoyed this
role and the involvement she has with families and
clinicians. To maintain her clinical practice she has
regularly worked as a bank midwife at her local trust,
usually on labour ward but occasionally she can be
found on the antenatal or postnatal ward and even
pregnancy assessment. Gemma joined Somek and
Associates in August 2023 and has thoroughly enjoyed
her new role. She is now feeling more confident in her
report writing and this has been reflected by the
positive feedback she has received from both her
associate trainer and from clients.
National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
(2014) Intrapartum care: care of healthy women and their
babies during childbirth- Clinical Guideline [CG190]
[Archived] [Online] Available at [ARCHIVED CONTENT]
Intrapartum care: care of healthy women and their babies
during childbirth | 1-recommendations | Guidance and
guidelines | NICE (nationalarchives.gov.uk) (Accessed 10th
September 2024)
National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
(2017) Intrapartum care: care of healthy women and their
babies during childbirth- Clinical Guideline [CG190]
[Archived] [Online] Available at [ARCHIVED CONTENT]
(nationalarchives.gov.uk) (Accessed 10th September 2024)
National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
(2022) Fetal monitoring in labour- NICE guideline [NG229]
[Online] Available at Fetal monitoring in labour (nice.org.uk)
(Accessed 10th September 2024)
NHS England (2019) Saving Babies Lives: care bundle version two. [Online] Available at Saving-Babies-Lives-CareBundle-Version-Two-Updated-Final-Version.pdf
(england.nhs.uk) (Accessed 10th September 2024)
NHS Resolution (2019) The Early Notification Scheme
Progress Report: Collaboration and Improved Experience
for Families. [Online] Available at The Early Notification
scheme progress report: collaboration and improved experience for families (resolution.nhs.uk) (Accessed 10th
September 2024)
NHS Resolution (2023) Case story: Antenatal computerised
CTG monitoring. [Online] Available at Case story Antenatal
computerised CTG monitoring (resolution.nhs.uk) (Accessed 10th September 2024)
Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health
(2023) Use of the Oxford Dawes-Redman computerised
CTG analysis system around labour. [Online] Available at
Dawes-Redman+and++Uterine+Activity.pdf (squarespace.com) (Accessed 10th September 2024)
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