title: Developing consultant care on delivery suite.
abstract: The need to develop a consultant presence on the delivery suite has never been greater given the emerging quality agenda that is occurring within the speciality. This is identifying a clear impetus for changing consultant practice and also meeting the needs of women more effectively. The article describes these trends, the impetus for change and identifies practically how such a change was achieved within the largest women's hospital in the UK. It defines the basis for building a vision for an improved future and the practical use of management and transformational leadership skills to change consultant behaviour and attitudes with a clear set of outcomes that were achieved.
authors.affiliation: Birmingham Women's Healthcare NHS Trust, Birmingham Women's Hospital, Edgbaston, UK.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hackett
mesh_terms: D003696:Delivery Rooms / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D006771:Hospitals, Maternity / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D009775:Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D018743:Perinatal Care / Q000592:standards*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013222:State Medicine / Q000592:standards; D006113:United Kingdom