Maternity Safety Support Programme

We are reviewing and updating these webpages to reflect the current work of the maternity and neonatal programme.

The Maternity Safety Support Programme (MSSP) is a national support programme provided by NHS England to maternity services where significant concerns have been identified regarding the safety and quality of services. The MSSP was launched in September 2017.

The maternity services that are on the MSSP are listed by region below.

Region Trust name Entry date
East of England The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
James Paget University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust		 June 2020
June 2020
June 2021
June 2023
London London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust
Barts Health NHS Trust
North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust
The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust and St George’s University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust		 July 2021
October 2021
January 2023
March 2024
May 2024
May 2024
Midlands Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust		 July 2018
October 2020
April 2023
June 2023
July 2024
North East and Yorkshire South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust
North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust
York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust		 June 2020
October 2022
January 2023
August 2023
March 2024
North West University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust		 August 2021
September 2022
South East East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust		 December 2019
October 2021
January 2022
South West Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
University Hospitals of Plymouth NHS Trust
Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust		 July 2022
March 2023
April 2024
June 2024
June 2024
March 2025