SINCE 2003, NHS REFORMS KILLING PREEMIES IN THE UK

UK GUARDIAN:

Babies dying due to NHS confusion

Reform of neonatal units botched says inquiry by National Audit Office

Scores of premature babies may be dying unnecessarily across England because the NHS mismanaged a reform of neonatal units in 2003, parliament's spending watchdog reveals today.

Health ministers provided £73m over three years to link up hospital neonatal units in 23 regional networks that could provide specialist services to save premature and low birth weight babies.

But the National Audit Office finds that the Department of Health did not issue instructions for the units to be adequately staffed.

As a result the service was overstretched. Its specialist nursing workforce was nearly 10% below strength.

There were not enough cots to respond to every emergency and there was a lack of specialist 24-hour transport to move babies and mothers to other hospitals.

• IF IT DOESN'T WORK IN THE UK - WHERE THEY INVENTED IT! - IT WON'T WORK HERE.
• YET THE DEMS BASICALLY WANT TO SOCIALIZE HEALTHCARE HERE.
• IT MAKES NO SENSE.

DON'T FALL FOR IT.