We are reviewing and updating these webpages to reflect the current work of the maternity and neonatal programme. Guidance and support for maternity safety champions. Useful resources A guide to support maternity safety champions Maternity and neonatal safety champions toolkit Maternity self-assessment tool A parent’s view: my challenge to board-level maternity safety champions Related content […]
We are reviewing and updating these webpages to reflect the current work of the maternity and neonatal programme. Personal and Safe campaign: How can you help deliver Personal and Safe maternity care for all women? In 2016, The National Maternity Review: Better Births set out a vision for maternity services across England to become safer […]
The NHS in England is saving hundreds more babies’ lives every year than a decade ago, with thousands more to be saved thanks to the Long Term Plan and ongoing action to make services safer. Professor Jaqueline Dunkley-Bent, the first-ever NHS chief midwifery officer, has praised improvements to local maternity services which saw a reduction […]
Leading change Midwives working in the North-West London Early Adopter (EA) project team led on a programme to implement a digital App in the 6 maternity units across the North-West London Local Maternity System. The EA project team are within the Acute Care Transformation Team, part of the North-West London Health and Care Partnership. The […]
A pioneering advice line staffed by midwives has seen tens of thousands of new and expectant mothers get guidance on labour, breastfeeding, sleep and other health problems. Women can get advice over the phone 24 hours a day, 365 days per year from the Surrey Heartlands Pregnancy Advice Line. The dedicated phone line is one […]
Follow a review of maternity services, NHS England set out a five year strategy ‘Better Births’, to improve outcomes of maternity services in England. Two key recommendations from Better Births are to improve choice and personalisation for women accessing maternity services, and empower them to make decisions to meet their needs. In responses, NHS England […]
We are reviewing and updating these webpages to reflect the current work of the maternity and neonatal programme. Better Births recommended that multi-professional teams and their organisations must be able to regularly compare their own outcomes over time and with their peers, to track, benchmark and improve the quality of maternity services. This should be […]
We are reviewing and updating these webpages to reflect the current work of the maternity and neonatal programme. Digital tools can help transform care for women and their families in maternity services. This film shows what the NHS is doing to support the maternity service in England to use these tools to provide personal and […]
Following the launch of A-EQUIP in April 2017, A-EQUIP one year on provides an implementation update and the Professional Midwifery Advocate (PMA) role. It is of relevance to midwives, student midwives, members of the multi professional team, providers of maternity services, Integrated Care Boards (ICBs), Higher Education Institutes (HEIs), The Care Quality Commission (CQC), Maternity […]
Saturday 5 May 2018 marks international day of the midwife and Professor Jacqueline Dunkley-Bent, Head of Maternity, Children and Young People at NHS England and National Maternity Safety Champion for the Department of Health and Social Care reflects on the importance of midwifery and how midwives are leading the way with quality care for women […]