HSE dismisses former National Maternity Hospital master's concerns about labour guidelines

Peter Boylan warned in a recent opinion piece in the Irish Times that the new definition and management of the early stages of labour is so 'deficient' that it risks introducing into Irish maternity services problems that have led to unnecessary deaths and injury in the UK. File picture

The HSE has dismissed concerns raised by a former master of the National Maternity Hospital around its National Clinical Practice Guidelines on Labour.

Peter Boylan warned in a recent opinion piece in the Irish Times that the new definition and management of the early stages of labour is so “deficient” that it risks introducing into Irish maternity services problems that have led to unnecessary deaths and injury in the UK.