Maternity Matters: Choice, access and continuity of care in a safe service

Maternity Matters: choice, access and continuity of care in a safe service is published by the DH for commissioners, service providers and other organisations involved in the provision of maternity services. It builds on the maternity services commitment outlined in Our Health, Our Care, Our Say and is an important step towards meeting the maternity standard set out in the Children’s NSF.

(Published April 2007)

PCTs to assess services

All PCTs will have to conduct service reviews next year to examine the services they commission. They will also have to do a “local end of life service baseline review” in 2007-08, plus a strategy for choice in maternity.

Health Service Journal, December 2006, Vol. 116, no. 6036, p. 6