‘Never waste a crisis’: a commentary on the COVID-19 pandemic as a driver for innovation in maternity care

L. M.M. van den Berg; G. Thomson; A. de Jonge; M. C. Balaam; G. Moncrieff; A. Topalidou; S. Downe; George Ellison; Alan Fenton; Alexander Heazell; Carol Kingdon; Zoe Matthews; Alexandra Severns; Alison Wright; Naseerah Akooji; Jo Cull; Nicola Crossland; Claire Feeley; Beata Franso; Steph Heys; Rebecca Nowland; Arni Sarian; Maria Booker; Jane Sandall; Jim Thornton; Tisian Lynskey-Wilkie; Vanessa Wilson; Rebecca Abe; Tinuke Awe; Toyin Adeyinka; Ruth Bender-Atik; Lia Brigante; Rebecca Brione; Franka Cadée; Elizabeth Duff; Tim Draycott; Duncan Fisher; Annie Francis; Arie Franx; Lucy Frith; Louise Griew; Clea Harmer; Caroline Homer; Marian Knight; Amali Lokugamage; Amanda Mansfield; Neil Marlow; Trixie Mcaree; David Monteith; Keith Reed; the ASPIRE COVID-19 Team

doi:10.1111/1471-0528.16996

‘Never waste a crisis’: a commentary on the COVID-19 pandemic as a driver for innovation in maternity care

L. M.M. van den Berg^*
, G. Thomson
, A. de Jonge
, M. C. Balaam
, G. Moncrieff
, A. Topalidou
, S. Downe
, George Ellison
, Alan Fenton
, Alexander Heazell
, Carol Kingdon
, Zoe Matthews
, Alexandra Severns
, Alison Wright
, Naseerah Akooji
, Jo Cull
, Nicola Crossland
, Claire Feeley
, Beata Franso
, Steph Heys

Rebecca Nowland, Arni Sarian, Maria Booker, Jane Sandall, Jim Thornton, Tisian Lynskey-Wilkie, Vanessa Wilson, Rebecca Abe, Tinuke Awe, Toyin Adeyinka, Ruth Bender-Atik, Lia Brigante, Rebecca Brione, Franka Cadée, Elizabeth Duff, Tim Draycott, Duncan Fisher, Annie Francis, Arie Franx, Lucy Frith, Louise Griew, Clea Harmer, Caroline Homer, Marian Knight, Amali Lokugamage, Amanda Mansfield, Neil Marlow, Trixie Mcaree, David Monteith, Keith Reed, the ASPIRE COVID-19 Team

^*Corresponding author for this work

Amsterdam UMC
University of Central Lancashire

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3-8
Number of pages	6
Journal	BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Volume	129
Issue number	1
Early online date	10 Nov 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.16996
Publication status	Published - Jan 2022

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van den Berg, L. M. M., Thomson, G., de Jonge, A., Balaam, M. C., Moncrieff, G., Topalidou, A., Downe, S., Ellison, G., Fenton, A., Heazell, A., Kingdon, C., Matthews, Z., Severns, A., Wright, A., Akooji, N., Cull, J., Crossland, N., Feeley, C., Franso, B., ... the ASPIRE COVID-19 Team (2022). ‘Never waste a crisis’: a commentary on the COVID-19 pandemic as a driver for innovation in maternity care. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 129(1), 3-8. https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.16996

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