Maternity Effective Handover W/C 10.05.2021

Maternity Effective Handover

Week Commencing 10th May 2021

Trust

Update to the approach for managing Covid-19 patient admissions

• A new approach to the management of Covid-19 patients has been introduced
across the Trust. From Tuesday 4th May, any patient that is admitted and confirmed
as Covid-19 positive must be allocated a side room. Please be advised this
approach is in line with national Infection, Prevention and Control practices.

Covid-19 vaccination process for staff returning from Maternity Leave or
sickness absence

• Staff returning from maternity leave or longer term sickness absence will have the
opportunity to book their Covid-19 vaccination at the Trust by following the normal
booking process outlined here or by emailing [email protected].

• The option to book an appointment should be discussed as part of your ‘Keeping in
Touch’ (KIT) days or return to work discussions. For more information, please speak
to your line manager.

• Staff are also able to turn up without an appointment as long as they have their
Trust ID badge and NHS number. Please note that Covid Vaccination Clinic Two,
located in the portacabin opposite the Clinical Sciences Building (CSB), will be open
on Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 8am until 8pm. These opening times are for
the next two weeks and are subject to change.

Womens & Childrens

Womens & Childrens

Encourage women and families to join ‘Coventry Family Health and
Lifestyle Service’.

Womens & Childrens

Encourage women and families to join Coventry Family Health and
Lifestyle Service

Womens & Childrens

Encourage women and families to join Coventry Family Health and
Lifestyle Service
• Women can join outdoor buggy workout classes at different parks within

Coventry.
• They currently run buggy workout sessions from the following locations;
• Mondays: 10:30-11:30am- Longford Park
• Wednesdays: 10:00-11:00am- War Memorial Park

11:30- 12:30pm- War Memorial Park
• Thursdays: 10:30-11:30am- Caludon Castle Park
• Due to Covid-19 a booking system is in place.

Maternity

Sonographer Trainee Opportunity
• Would you like the opportunity to expand your Midwifery knowledge and

learn a desirable?
• Do you want to be part of an enthusiastic and highly motivated team?
• If the answer is yes, please consider applying for this year’s Obstetric

Scan Course.
• Application criteria:

 100% ESR compliance
 Band 6 or above
 In a 500 word expression of interest please tell me why you would like

to undertake the PG Cert in Medical Ultra Sound Scan course?
• Closing date for expression of interest: Midnight on 16th May 2021.
• Email your submission to [email protected]

Maternity

Maternity

COVID VACCINATION FOR PREGNANT WOMEN UPDATE

• As you will all be aware the COVID vaccination eligible Age group is reducing
therefore it is likely that you will be asked by Women how they can get the COVID
vaccine.

• A 2 hours Clinic has been set up for women deemed CLINICALLY EXTREMELY
VULNERABLE (CEV) where Louise is present in the UHCW Vaccination clinic.
These women should have been seen by their obstetrician or physician and
Louise notified to enable an appointment to be scheduled when she is present in
the clinic.

• For all other women who are now eligible due to their age, these women should
be directed to their GP to have an informed discussion and they should book their
vaccine via Gov.UK to community vaccination clinics where Pfizer vaccine is
offered.

• The COVID vaccination centre at UHCW will not be able to meet the demands of
all pregnant women eligible for the vaccine due to their Age.

• Many Thanks

• Louise Clarke, Consultant Midwife

Maternity

Facebook Live Ask The Midwife – Midwife Volunteers

• Our next Ask the Midwife is being arranged on the topic of
‘Maternity Myth Busting’.

• Would you like to feature in the next Facebook Live?

• We are looking for 2 Midwives who would like to participate in
the session.

• Questions are pre submitted and some are answered at the
end which were submitted in the comments box.

• This is great experience for you and can be included as part
of your revalidation.

• Speak to Nik McNulty for more information or email
[email protected]

K2

Baby Transfer wizard

Please ensure the 'Baby Transfer’ wizard is completed
on K2 a baby is transferred to the Neonatal Unit.

K2

AN Consultations
• You should be selecting the care pathway appropriate for the

woman’s gestation.
• The woman’s care pathway can be revised as appropriate:

K2 > Antenatal > Plan of Care > type of Care

K2

K2 Guardian Portals
• A swab count can be commenced on the K2 Guardian

Portals: K2 > Actions > Patient Care > Swabs

K2

NEW Improved Swab Count Wizard
• You no longer need to enter ‘0’ in every field.
• Mandatory fields have been set up per procedure.
• E.g. Tampons is not a mandatory field for a catheterisation

procedure.

K2

NEW Improved Swab Count Wizard
• Swab counts can also be commenced on K2 athena.
• All countersignatures must now be documented on K2 for all

procedures.
• To check a swab count has been completed: K2 Athena >

Intrapartum > Woman > Swab Count

K2

NEW Improved Swab Count Wizard

• Swab Counts require a Countersignature are in the ‘Checked
by’ column:

Clinical Risk

Telephone Triage – Language Barriers

• During telephone triage calls when language barriers are
present, please ensure interpreting services are utilised.

• This includes facilitating a call back service with an
appropriate translator via language line.

Feedback

• Hi can I just say a massive thank you to all the
midwifes I’ve seen during pregnancy and afterwards
but a massive thank you to sally Atkins in the
community she’s a credit to her job such a lovely and
understanding woman thank you x

• Recently had my baby girl born here and the midwifes
was just amazing. Fiona and Charlotte are the main two
I can remember I can’t thank them enough for all they
did ! And the other midwife who took over from
Charlotte (one student). The care and compassion I
received was wonderful and I felt so supported I can’t
thank you enough for delivering baby Olivia safely into
the world. Xx

Feedback

• Hi I had a baby on Friday (my first) and I’d really like to
send praise about my midwives, they were just fantastic -
as were the postnatal nurses too.

• I just wanted to pass on a huge thank you to yourself and
your team for your care for myself, my husband and baby girl,
when I had my recent elective Caesarean section in March at
UHCW. From admission, to theatre, right through to recovery,
yourself and the team were so professional, organised and
friendly which helped me to feel more relaxed in what can be
both a happy and anxious time. You also taking the time to
explain exactly what was happening and why in a really calm
and reassuring way, particularly in theatre, made me feel
immediately reassured that I was in safe hands! What a
fabulous job you all do- I cannot thank you enough.

Maternity Effective Handover

Week Commencing 3rd May 2021

Womens and Childrens

Womens and Childrens

Gynaecology patients across Coventry and Warwickshire are set to benefit from improved
access and more specialised care following the launch of a new system-wide Multi-Disciplinary
Team (MDT).

• Experts from UHCW, George Eliot Hospital and Warwick Hospital will sit on the new centralised
Gynaecology MDT.

• Clinicians and experts from across a range of specialities and the region will now come together to
assess and agree criteria to diagnose and treat patients.

• The centralised Gynaecology MDT replaces the three individual MDTs at each of the NHS Trusts
within the Coventry and Warwickshire Health and Care Partnership integrated care system.

• Dr Lydia Fresco, Senior Responsible Officer for Cancer in Coventry and Warwickshire, said:
“Combining the localised MDTs will reduce diagnosis times for patients, streamline patient referral
processes, give high quality management of patient care and improve the monitoring and evaluation
of patient care.

• “I’m extremely proud of all of the teams who have come to together with the determination of
improving patient outcomes. The contribution from our NHS management graduates and trainees
has been invaluable throughout the work to create this new centralised MDT.”

• Surgeon Smruta Shanbhag, chair of the new centralised MDT, added: “I am proud to chair this
exciting venture which will help expedite and deliver the specialist complex management of women
with gynaecological cancer across Coventry and Warwickshire.

• “My colleagues have worked very hard to make this happen. There will be regular governance
processes in place to improve this service continuously. It is also an educational platform.”

Trust

Air date announced for BBC Two's Hospital, filmed at UHCW

• We are pleased to announce that the first programme in award-winning documentary Hospital,
filmed across the Trust, will air on Tuesday 11th May.

• The six episode series will run weekly to share the every day, personal experiences of staff
and patients at UHCW.

• Viewers will be given an intimate look at the challenges faced during Covid-19 as well as our
restoration of services and ongoing efforts to reduce waiting lists.

• It will include a focus on the stories of the our patients and clinicians who are continuously
going above and beyond to deliver high quality care.

• Professor Andy Hardy, our Chief Executive Officer, said: “This is undoubtedly a vital time in the
history of the NHS with the UK’s entire health system coming together to respond to and
recover from arguably the greatest challenge it has ever faced.

• “Our amazing team works tirelessly to ensure that we always put our patients first as we face
the continuing demands of Covid-19 head-on, alongside crucial work to restore our services in
a safe and effective way. We are honoured to be able to share a look inside this momentous
journey with the public.”

Maternity

Episcissors

• Episcissors are not disposable!

• On a recent count it appears that 6 pairs of episcissors are
missing from the department, are not in sterile supplies so
assumed missing and disposed of.

• These are very expensive to replace so please do not throw
them away after use.

K2

GBS
• GBS results are documented on K2 under ‘Investigations’.
• Always refer to CRRS as the main results reporting system, making each

contact count.

K2

GBS Positive Results

• Update the risk assessment by selecting the flower icon.

• K2 is being developed to add GBS under ‘fetal risks’. In the meantime
select the star at the bottom and free text in ‘GBS’ to add as a risk.

K2

CO Monitoring

• Thank you for the huge improvements of CO monitoring for women who
are admitted into hospital, this is brilliant and thank you.

• Please ensure you are documenting the CO results in the CO Testing
wizard on K2 (rather than free text documentation). This is really important
because data is pulled and reported from the CO testing wizard.

Clinical Risk

Epidurals in Labour

• All women who have an epidural during labour must have a
wedge in place in order to ensure a lateral tilt position is
maintained.

• Please speak to the Labour Ward Manager or LW
Coordinator if you are unsure or require a refresher.

Clinical Risk

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Feedback

• Attending the session at the MAMTA with Rebecca O Donnell
was so incredibly valuable and I feel immensely grateful. She
provided so much insight in such a short space of time and
connected with me very quickly. I paid hundreds of pounds for a
private course and I still believe our time was even more beneficial.
I also met her in the hospital and she supported me there too.
Thank you, Rebecca, for all your support and MAMTA team to
provide the service! Happy International Midwives Day!

• I am from India and my midwife was Collette French. She really
supported me through pregnancy. It was my first pregnancy and I was
nervous about everything. She referred me to the MAMTA to attend a
pregnancy session, it was very beneficial for me. I recommend
everyone to attend pregnancy sessions. Thank you, Collette French, for
everything Happy Midwives Day!

Feedback

• Happy international Midwives day to all the midwives
who supported me throughout my pregnancy
especially Amber who was my community midwife.
The midwives who supported in labour and my
delivery were absolutely amazing. Thank you very
much!

• I would like to thank my midwife becuase she was there

for every step of the way in my pregnancy journey. I

was given the best care possible . Being a first time mum

I didn’t have any knowledge but she made me feel at

ease from day one. Thank you.