Enter and view: Community Maternity Services
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Healthwatch Swindon undertook enter and view visits of community ante-natal services on 22 April 2024 after being invited to do so by the service.
Key findings
- Friendly and efficiently run clinic, despite locality issues through use of their Accurx system.
- Estates not properly furnished, requiring staff to take ‘DIY’ measures to improve their functionality.
- Lack of appropriate space to run parent courses and appointments.
- Some clinical spaces do not have the facilities to meet hygiene or safety standards.
- Parents reported their midwifery care as ‘Brilliant’.
- Staff work above and beyond given the chaotic set-up.
The report has five recommendations