What is asking for help like for staff working in maternity services?    

The objective of this research has been to explore how maternity healthcare staff experience escalation tools in practice in the transition to digitalisation, and to pragmatically review how policies and reports align with practice, to open a conversational space about future safety in maternity services in England

Interview Findings 

This research has identified that an inherent tension exists in healthcare digitalisation, between management layers of accountability, and creating a manageable clinical workload for staff asking for help