We will continue to implement changes to make maternity care safer and more personalised, supporting the ambition to reduce the number of stillbirths, neonatal and maternal deaths and brain injuries. We will continue to support the development of the maternity workforce. Our commitments for 2022/23 Develop a single delivery plan for maternity and neonatal services […]
Midwives and other NHS staff have helped almost 15,000 mums-to-be in England quit smoking over just three years, new analysis shows today. Latest figures show that the smoking rate for pregnant women at the time of birth fell to 9.1% in 2021-22, the lowest annual rate on record, and down from 10.6% prior to the […]
Background to our work The Maternity and Neonatal Safety Improvement Programme, was renamed following the launch of the NHS Patient Safety Strategy in 2019, which was updated in February 2021. It was previously known as the Maternal and Neonatal Health Safety Collaborative. The Maternity and Neonatal Safety Improvement Programme is led by the National Patient Safety Improvement […]
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 […]
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 […]
Tomorrow (27 March) marks the two year anniversary of Better Births. Celia Ingham Clark, Medical Director for Clinical Effectiveness at NHS England and interim National Director of Patient Safety at NHS Improvement, says this is the perfect opportunity to reflect on what has been achieved to date and how we can continue to work together […]
In the last of a series of blogs previewing this week’s 2018 CNO Summit, NHS England’s Head of Maternity, Children and Young People and the Director of the Maternity Transformation Programme highlight the progress made across the country to implement the vision set out in Better Births and give a taste of the session they […]
Sarah-Jane Marsh, chair of the NHS England Maternity Transformation Programme Board, provides an update on the work going on to make maternity care across the country safer and giving women greater control and choice. I start with exciting news that the 2017 CQC Maternity Survey showed most women are having a positive experience of maternity […]
Cancer patients living with a rare disease which attacks the body’s own organs following a life-saving stem cell transplant are set to benefit from a pioneering new medicine on the NHS. Belumosudil (Rezurock ®) is an innovative treatment for chronic graft versus host disease, which develops in around a third of patients who have undergone […]