Nottingham University Hospitals says it is continuing to work hard on its maternity services after an inspection report recommended several improvements. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has released its 2022 Maternity Survey for trusts across the country, with several improvements being recommended for the Nottingham University Hospitals Trust (NUH).
Areas of improvement highlighted by the CQC include staff encouraging mothers to feed their babies and mothers being able to get a member of staff when needed. Overall, NUH performed as expected in regards to 49 questions asked in the survey, completed by 211 patients, whilst scoring better than expected for one and worse than expected for another.
The question where the trust performed worse than expected related to mothers being encouraged and supported in regards to feeding their baby. The trust says that in August and September 2022, it expanded its infant feeding team so that there are now four more workers supporting in this area.
