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Andover War Memorial Hospital to get state-of-the-art maternity equipment

PREGNANT women in Andover are to benefit after Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust successfully bid for a grant to buy state-of-the-art maternity equipment for use in the town’s hospital.

 

The trust was awarded £18,000 from the Department of Health to buy a fetal monitoring system, which will be used by midwives at Andover War Memorial Hospital.

 

The equipment will allow midwives to electronically record and monitor babies’ heart rates in Andover, with the results being accessed by doctors at the trust’s other two sites. This will potentially save women an unnecessary trip to either Basingstoke or Winchester.

 

Janice Mackenzie, associate director of midwifery and women’s health at Hampshire Hospitals, said:

We are delighted to have been successful in our bid for this funding. It’s equipment that will make a real difference to our women.

 

The fetal monitoring system fits in perfectly with the trust’s aim to be central where necessary but local where possible. It is another service that our fantastic midwives at Andover War Memorial Hospital can offer, saving women from having to travel to Basingstoke or Winchester.

 

Hampshire Hospitals has also been awarded £13,000 to buy a training mannequin, which will be used to train midwives and doctors for emergencies.

 

The Department of Health has awarded more than £2million to trusts across the country as part of the Government’s commitment to halve the number of stillbirths, neo natal deaths, maternal deaths and brain injuries occurring during or soon after birth by 2030.


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