'Austerity cuts left maternity unstable'
MAJOR austerity in the health service led to instability and unacceptable practice, a managing midwife told a disciplinary hearing which centres around the death of a baby at the Princess Elizabeth Hospital.
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Lisa Granville said yesterday she 'deeply regretted' her failure to follow up on the death of Baby A in 2014 at PEH on 30 January 2014.
Speaking for the first time at the Nursing and Midwifery Council, she admitted she would have responded to the baby's death differently if a complete review had happened.
Granville suggested severe budget cuts to the Guernsey's Health and Social Services Department following a £2.5m. overspend had led to austerity being imposed upon them.