NHS Frontline Innovation: From Maternity Overhauls to Mobile Screening Buses

NHS maternity services demand nothing less than radical whole-system change following the Amos and Ockenden reports, while cervical screening rates have plummeted to 69%—the fourth steepest drop among OECD nations.

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Two major NHS challenges came into sharp focus today. Health Secretary Yvette Cooper pledged to make maternity reform her "personal crusade" after reviews exposed preventable baby loss and maternal death. Meanwhile, a mobile screening bus in...