Work in Maternity services? Want to understand the impact of capacity planning and staffing needs?
Then this article, model and tools are for you.
Over the past 30 years the one-size-fits-all HRG tariff has systematically starved all smaller than average hospital departments of rightly deserved income.
By virtue of very high weighted population density (WPD) England has some of the most cost efficient acute hospitals and maternity departments in the developed world, but the NHS is constantly attacked by politicians as being 'inefficient' and costing too much
A births-to-beds calculator is provided in the link below which has undergone extensive real-world validation. This calculator can be used by every hospital as a standard planning tool.
The births-to-beds calculator allows like-for-like comparison between all maternity units around the world
As an outcome of the World War II baby boom births in England reached a cyclic minimum around 2025 and are now beginning to rise once again for the next 15 years. Obvious implications to staff and capacity planning. Such a cycle presents a fiendishly complex issue for the training of new staff.
Maternity unit capacity issues identified back in 2012 have never been addressed and the ratio of antenatal admissions per birth has undergone rapid and unexplained growth since 2021/22 and requires urgent investigation.
This paper, with the births to beds calculator can be found HERE
Thanks to Dr Rodney Jones a Healthcare Analysis & Forecasting Expert for sharing this work with us.
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