Expansion of midwife screens in Baden-Württemberg: Land promotes nine hospitals

Expansion of midwife screens in Baden-Württemberg: Land promotes nine hospitals

The state government of Baden-Württemberg has announced that it would promote the further development and expansion of midwife screens in the country's women's clinics. Funding of around 500,000 euros has been made available since summer 2023. Since November 2023, nine hospitals have started to build and expand the corresponding structures.

midwife screens offer the possibility of a low -intervention birth, while at the same time there is medical care in the background. Health Minister Manne Lucha emphasized that the focus was on the self -determination and freedom of choice of women. This measure is an implementation from the round table obstetrics of the last legislative period and aims to bring the offer of the midwife scouting in Baden-Württemberg into the area.

A midwife set is a obstetric offer in a clinic in which midwives look after healthy women after an inconspicuous pregnancy during birth. The midwives work independently and independently, in close cooperation with the medical team.

The introduction of new midwife screens is funded with up to 50,000 euros in various clinics, including the University Hospital Freiburg, the University Hospital Ulm and the Hochrhein Clinic in Waldshut. Existing midwife screens, whose further development and qualification are funded with up to 25,000 euros, are located in the Südwest Clinic in Herrenberg and in the GRN Klinik Schwetzingen.

The promotion of midwife screens in Baden-Württemberg is expected to have a positive impact on the obstetric care of women. The creation of low -intervention and strengthening the role of midwives strengthens the freedom of choice and self -determination of women. This could lead to improved birth and support experience in the long term.