Safety recommendation
HSIB recommends that the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence considers reviewing its telemetry recommendation as part of the current update of clinical guideline CG190, taking into account the existing evidence and the findings of this report.
Response:
In its guideline on intrapartum care for healthy women and babies [CG190], the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommends that any woman who needs continuous cardiotocography during labour (monitoring of the baby’s heart rate) should be offered telemetry, which allows the woman to move around and change position (see recommendation 1.10.9).
NICE is currently updating CG190 and will review recommendation 1.10.9 as part of this.
Action: Review recommendation 1.10.9 as part of current update of CG190. Timeline: Present to July 2022.
Action: Public consultation on guideline update. Timeline: 27 September 2022 to 8 November 2022.
Action: Publication of guideline update. Timeline: 22 March 2023.
Response received on 8 October 2021.