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Health: the head of department at the Port-Royal maternity ward calls for “a real perinatal plan in France”
Health: the head of department at the Port-Royal maternity ward calls for “a real perinatal plan in France”
(France Info)
Maternity hospitals in France are singled out by a Court of Auditors report for their poor results. François Goffinet, head of department at the Port-Royal maternity ward in Paris, guest of 11/13 info, Tuesday May 7, explains these figures.
In a report, the Court of Auditors highlights the poor results of maternity hospitals. “The perinatal health situation in France, which is not good, (…), is not due only to small maternity wards”, indicates François Goffinet, head of department at the Port-Royal maternity ward in Paris, guest of 11/13 info, Tuesday May 7. “There are problems with the functioning of maternity hospitals in France, in general”, he adds. “There must be a real perinatal plan in France.”asks the doctor.
Understaffed maternity wards
For him, the problem does not only come from small maternity wards. “Many maternity wards now operate very poorly with temporary staff”, explains François Goffinet. He explains that changing teams does not allow optimal monitoring. “There is a complete deterioration in the organization of care and support for women and this is very harmful to health”, adds the department head. According to him, maternity wards which are understaffed and which hire temporary workers “cannot provide quality care in the long term”. François Goffinet believes that we must make midwives and doctors want to come back to work in hospitals.
