Challenges and Solutions in Basildon Maternity Hospital

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Contents
ISSUES..........................................................................................................................................................3
CHALLENGES ...............................................................................................................................................4
SOLUTION....................................................................................................................................................4
CONCLUSION...............................................................................................................................................5
REFRENCES..................................................................................................................................................7

BACKGROUND OF THE ORGANIZATION
Basildon Maternity hospital is government hospital situated in Mid and South Essex of
United Kingdom. It is established specifically for the mothers and their infants as the name
suggest. As per the google scholar it is operated by NHS Foundation trust. It provides number of
services ranging from initial care assessment along with ambulance facility, prenatal diagnostic
screening, perinatal mental health, antenatal care services and counselling services. Also,
delivery suite, home birth and midwife led birthing unit are some other services added to the
existing ones. In May 2020, an anonymous whistle blower raised concerns about the safety at the
hospital when six incidents occurred at the hospital which involved newly born babies.
ISSUES
Every health care unit or hospital goes through many challenges in the total span of its
existence. Basildon Maternity hospital is no exception to that and the two issues in this hospital
by the google scholar that are as follows:
1. There have been six incidents in which causing risk to the lives of the newly born babies
due to the poor health condition and cooling therapy affecting their health adversely. An
unidentified whistle blower raised the alarm for the same by filing ton the Care Quality
Commission (CQC) by mentioning the risk of safety at the hospital (Dyer, 2020).
Together with this, there have been number of issues related to discrimination made for
the minority black women who were seeking the medical treatment in the hospital. Since,
it is a government hospital, the charges of the services are often low as compared to any
other private institutions. But the way the staff treated minority black women is not at all
soothing to the eyes or peaceful to the mind. Black women have faced the issue of
discrimination at Basildon maternity hospital which is a shameful act that also at a place
which is supposed to be treated every patient equally.
2. Another issue was found about the lack of staff member to look after women patients
leading to improper care and ineffective leadership. There was disagreements between
the health professionals also they lacked in adequate knowledge about proper health care
of the patients. The services were termed as poor that people living in UK lost the trust in
that hospital. Also, they started visiting other hospitals and health care units for obtaining