We are reviewing and updating these webpages to reflect the current work of the maternity and neonatal programme. As we approach the fifth year of our programme, our collective aim to make maternity care personal and safe for women and their babies, is becoming more of a reality. However, whilst much has been done, there […]
This guide has been developed to provide an overview of the campaign and its aims, the materials available within the Better Births toolkit, and how they should be used to help you maximise the campaign’s impact.
These material have been created for Local Maternity Systems (LMS), Systems Leaders, clinical leaders, Trusts, and multi-disciplinary maternity teams to support progress on the transformation journey, to raise awareness of the Better Births vision, why it is important, and practical action that can be taken to achieve this vision.
These material have been created for Local Maternity Systems (LMS), Systems Leaders, clinical leaders, Trusts, and multi-disciplinary maternity teams to support progress on the transformation journey, to raise awareness of the Better Births vision, why it is important, and practical action that can be taken to achieve this vision.
Since the publication of Better Births in 2016 and of the Report of the Morecambe Bay Investigation in 2015, the NHS and its partners have come together through the national Maternity Transformation Programme to implement its vision for safer and more personalised care across England and deliver the national ambition to halve the rates of stillbirths, neonatal mortality, maternal mortality and brain injury by 2025. As we reach the fourth anniversary, this is an opportune time to take stock of progress, to reflect on successes and remaining challenges, and consider where further action is needed.
The Better Births three year on event will be held in Manchester on 7 March 2019 and will see over 500 delegates coming together to celebrate the progress we have made in the maternity transformation programme since 2016 and to look forward to the next few years and the implementation of the NHS long term […]
The ‘Better Births Two Years On: Personal & Safe’ event held in Manchester in March 2018 saw over 400 delegates come together to celebrate the progress we have made in the Maternity Transformation Programme since 2016. The event saw a wide range of maternity stakeholders from local, regional and national organisations, representing many of those […]
This document provides practical guidance to Local Maternity Systems on how to improve their services so that women experience continuity in the clinicians providing their maternity care.
One year ago, Better Births set out a clear vision: for maternity services to become safer, more personalised, kinder, professional and more family friendly. On 28 March 2017, the Maternity Transformation Programme held an event to mark one year since the publication of Better Births. A wide range of stakeholders attended the event, from local, […]
We are reviewing and updating these webpages to reflect the current work of the maternity and neonatal programme. Implementing Better Births: Continuity of Carer In 2016, the National Maternity Review’s report, Better Births, set out a vision for maternity services across England to become safer and more personalised. Across England, maternity teams have been working […]