Governance was informal, unclear, inconsistent and lacked accountability, while project management "lacked the level of maturity required for a project of this scale". Adding to the shambolic roll-out of the strategy, key roles remained vacant at critical periods, and the strategy's project management role had been vacant since February. The board's decision to close Lumsden's primary birthing unit, the Lumsden Maternity Centre, and replace it with a hub was outside the review's terms of reference. Maternity reviewFindings• Seven of nine key actions started, one not begun, one completed. • Uncertainty what a "maternity hub" is.

Source: Otago Daily Times November 08, 2019 20:36 UTC