This resource pack is designed to help Local Maternity Systems lead and manage that local transformation. It provides guidance on implementing the recommendations of Better Births that require local action, and describes national policy that will support implementation.
This report sets out our vision for the planning, design and safe delivery of maternity services; how women, babies and families will be able to get the type of care they want; and how staff will be supported to deliver such care.
Pregnant women are to be offered specialist stop smoking referrals as part of NHS action to reduce stillbirths, which has already resulted in at least 160 babies’ lives being saved. Following the success of a programme introduced in 2015 which saw 20% fewer babies dying at birth, NHS England has today confirmed that the scheme […]
Evaluation shows clinical improvements across 19 sites led to maternity staff helping to save more than 160 babies’ lives. An estimated 600 stillbirths annually could be prevented if maternity units adopt national best practice says NHS England. Clinical improvements such as better monitoring of a baby’s growth and movement in pregnancy, as well as better […]
The NHS in England provides great maternity care. But it is continually looking to provide even better new and improved care. Tim Straughan, Head of Patient Choice at NHS England, takes a look at some of the challenges ahead. Many women are not being offered real choice in the services they can access, and are […]
NHS England publishes new guidance that aims to reduce stillbirths in England. There are currently around 665,000 babies born in England each year, but there are over 3,000 stillbirths. Despite falling to its lowest rate in 20 years, one in every 200 babies is stillborn in the UK, more than double the rate of nations […]
NHS England has published its Chief Midwifery Officer for England’s strategic plan for research. This strategic plan sets out a framework for developing and investing in research activity across the NHS in partnership with others. The vision for maternity and neonatal services is to provide safer and more personalised care for women and their families […]
Nurses, midwives, doctors, vaccination teams and domestic staff are among those celebrated in a prestigious competition to mark the NHS’s 74 birthday, as the NHS Parliamentary Awards shortlist is revealed. NHS chief executive, Amanda Pritchard, praised the hundreds of NHS staff and volunteers who have been nominated by their MP, as part of the NHS […]
Better Births, the report of the National Maternity Review, set out a clear recommendation that the NHS should roll out continuity of carer, to ensure safer care based on a relationship of mutual trust and respect between women and their midwives. The continuity of carer model is a way of delivering maternity care so that […]
The National Patient Safety Improvement Programmes collectively form the largest safety initiative in the history of the NHS. They support a culture of safety, continuous learning and sustainable improvement across the healthcare system. How the Patient Safety Improvement Programmes work National Patient Safety Improvement Programme Patient Safety Collaboratives Get involved Background to our work How […]