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Well in the US what you find is that the nurses sit at the central station to watch all of the monitors instead of staying in patient rooms. Does this also mean ALL women have to have CTG monitoring? That would definately mean more control. Trish Payne CNM, MPH Chapel Hill, NC --On Wednesday, January 08, 2003 3:13 PM +0000 Joy Kemp <[log in to unmask]> wrote:rrr > > Dear All > > It is proposed in my unit to introduce centralised CTG monitoring for the > labour ward. The rationale given by the lead consultant and clinical > risk manager (midwife) for this is that CTGs will then be recorded and > archived electronically, so will be available for review purposes > indefinitely. > I know of one piece of research done recently in which video cameras were > used to collect data, but cannot recall the name of the researcher or > whether this has yet been published. Can anyone enlighten me, and/or > point me to any other work which has been done on the subject. > For those who have worked with such a system, please would you also let > me know your thoughts on whether centralised monitoring empowers or seeks > to control midwifery practice and whether there are any other issues we > may need to be aware of. > Many thanks > > Joy Kemp