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Birthrate plus : a framework for workforce planning and decision making for midwifery services

Jean A. Ball and Marie Washbrook

Books for Midwives Press, c1996

1st ed

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Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 164-165) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

"Workforce Planning for Midwifery Services" explores the principles and problems in workforce planning for midwifery care. It focuses specifically on Birthrate, a method of workforce planning developed specifically for midwifery services by the author herself. The book incorporates the methodology of Birthrate as a foundation and includes data and experience gained from working in different health authorities with varying patterns of midwifery care. It provides a hands-on practical guide to workforce planning for midwifery services in both hospital and community settings.

Table of Contents

  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • The development of workforce planning systems
  • How birthrate was developed as a method for assessing client need for midwifery care during intrapartum care
  • How to the birthrate system
  • Using case-mix data to determine the number of beds needed
  • Using case-mix data to determine the number of beds needed
  • Using case-mix data as a basis for calculating ward staffing needs and antenatal clinics
  • Assessing staffing needs for community services and working through implications of developing caseload based practice
  • Managing change
  • Glossary
  • References
  • Appendices: Birthrate score sheet
  • Assessing allowances for holiday sickness and study leave
  • Formula for calculating midwife hours per case
  • Rationale for travel allowances in different locations
  • Assessing midwife hours per annum
  • Index

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