Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 120: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will order a full review of consent policies within the maternity system here and initiate national guidelines for clinical practice in maternity care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25962/10]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Independent)
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The HSE has recently established a clinical programme for Obstetric care led by Professor Michael Turner of the Coombe Women's and Infants University Hospital. An important priority in the programme will be the development and implementation of National Guidelines for clinical practice. I expect that, in relation to matters of consent, the provision of obstetric services in accordance with these guidelines, as is the case in all other health services, will meet with ethical guidelines set by the Medical Council in 2009. In addition the Miscarriage Misdiagnosis Review announced by the HSE this week will inform the development of the proposed National Guidelines.