NHS England — North West » Local Maternity and Neonatal System

Who are we?

We are a group of people who are involved with either providing, receiving or commissioning maternity care.
The work of the Local Maternity and Neonatal System (LMNS) is overseen by the Greater Manchester Maternity and Neonatal System Group, which includes doctors, midwives, Maternity Voices Partnership, neonatal network, health visitors, commissioners, public health workers and other people who drive improvements in this area.
Work is delivered alongside providers by partners from the Strategic Clinical Network (SCN), Patient Safety Collaborative (PSC) and North West Neonatal Operational Delivery Network (NWNODN).
The area we cover is all maternity providers within Greater Manchester.

Developing a strong, cohesive maternity system.
Bring together providers involved within maternity and neonatal care ensuring the services are person-centred, safe and of a high quality for mothers and babies through pregnancy, birth and postnatal period .
Reducing variation in maternity services across Greater Manchester.

Making sure service users, clinicians, key stakeholders and families have a voice in designing and developing services allows our steering group to identify where improvements can be made.
Support the implementation of National Maternity Review, Better Births.
Lead and/or facilitate working groups to meet objectives within Greater Manchester implementation plan to achieve Better Birth recommendations. These areas are:
- Safety
- Choice and personalisation
- Continuity of carer
- Postnatal care
- Perinatal mental health
- Neonatal care
- Contracting and pricing
- Manage the introduction of the improvements and then evaluate their impact.

We are working with women, people and their families and others to develop an equity and equality action plan. It will address the poorer outcomes for women, people and their babies from Black, Asian and Mixed Ethnic backgrounds and those living in deprived areas.