Swanasi Bay Maternity Changes demanded after significant review

In a health board, frequent failures in maternity care and governance quality have been exposed in an independent report.

Complaints were reviewed after complaints by families, as well as concern about the deaths of infants and mothers between 2018 and 2023.

Despite the improvement of the employees, the Chairman of the review at Swanasi Bay Health Board, Dr. According to Dennis Chafeer, “further action remains to proceed immediately”.

39 -year -old Gareth Morgan, whose son suffered a brain injury during birth, said: “How many more children and families need to suffer before small changes?”

Swanasi Bay Health Board earlier issued an unconditional apology to the families who were affected.

While many women had “most positive experience”, the review said, some still have “quite poor or painful experience”.

It states: “Some move forward and describe examples of severe birth trauma, some of which have taken place in the previous year.”

These included lack of compassion, ignoring and listening to employees, while there were “language obstacles and lack of cultural awareness” for people of different backgrounds.

Report author wants to change the process of grievances in Wales so that it can be “less rigid and more kind” as well as mental health assistance for women and families.

He said that money and their birth partners should be considered by the Welsh government for rapid access psychological support for women.

Important weaknesses in Swanasi Gulf were identified between 2021 and 2024, although it was noted “some evidence of reforms”, the report states that “it is a challenge to” translate high-level changes in tangible reforms on the ground “.

Mr. Morgan’s wife needed an emergency Caesarean when her son was born as she was being treated for sepsis.

He was treated in a newborn intensive care unit of Singelton Hospital for a brain injury during birth.

“It was probably one of the worst points of my life as I thought that both my son and my wife were going to die that day,” said Mr. Morgan.

A year after the birth of his son, the couple received a letter from the Health Board, which he received, which he received that “many major issues that contributed to him” suggested to contact a Solicitor from the family.

“You go by thinking that it was just bad to get angry and you find people accountable,” said Mr. Morgan.

“I am full of trauma. Our family suffers from negative experience what has happened. This is not something you forget – you live with it.

“When you hear about that it is happening to other people, it affects you again. But it is not about us as a family, it is about a broader picture and there are things that can now be done that can help change future results and it is on the government to do it.

“Because eventually if you are not changing anything, if you are not important in solving this Pan-Wells, PAN-UK problem, then you are complex.

“You are complex in every negative result, every miss, near every mourning, passes through every family – it is on you.

“How many more children and families need to suffer before small changes?”

The report made several recommendations, including:

• A major focus on improving triaies quality
• Improving quality of probe and incorporating families and external input
• Compassionate and trauma-informed care
• Embryo monitoring training for all maternity employees

There were also several recommendations for the Welsh government, including guidance of complaints for women and families and amendment of mental health assistance.

Dr. Chafeer said: “A lot is still to be done to improve maternity and newborn services and this report serves as a call for action for health boards to rapidly improve the experiences of those using these services.

“This review work should not stop here and not. The health board should ensure that this conversation continues until all changes are made and continuous improvement is performed for women and families of Swanasi Bay.”

Healthcare Inspectrate Wales found the maternity unit of Singetton Hospital in December 2023 Safe staffing fails to meet the levels In four years and inadequate measures to prevent the kidnapping of the child.

Additional employees were admitted, but were kept under increased supervision by the Welsh government.

A later independent review was announced but the criticism of families inspired To leave the first president’s post,

In May, the body representing patients in Wales, Lalis published its review after talking to more than 500 women, who gave birth.

Heard about it Safety, Care Quality and Honor Failure At almost every stage of the process, some women decide not to have more children as a result.

It apologized to the Chairman of the Health Board, Jan Williams and Health Secretary Jeremy Miles, who said that the safety and quality of all maternity units would be assessed in Wales.