Smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of stillbirth, miscarriage and sudden infant death. Babies born to mothers who smoke are more likely to be underdeveloped and in poor health. Parental smoking after birth is associated with a three-fold increase in the risk of sudden infant death. Smoking is also a major cause of health inequalities, […]
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 […]
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 […]
The South West Maternity and Perinatal & Infant Mental Health Clinical Network (SWMCN) brings together stakeholders across the South West region to support each other in improving the overall safety and quality of maternity and perinatal & infant mental health services. At the heart of the network is the aim to improve outcomes and experience […]
The East Midlands Maternity Clinical Network (EMMCN) work-programme sets out our key deliverables for 2019-20 which are: To continue supporting local transformation providing independent clinical oversight and a ‘critical friend’ perspective to LMS Boards (including cross-border working and establishing Maternal Medicine Networks) To support co-production of services through Maternity Voices Partnerships To ensure there is […]
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 March 2015, Simon Stevens, Chief Executive of NHS England announced a major review of maternity services as part of the NHS Five Year Forward View. Baroness Julia Cumberlege was asked to independently lead the review working with a panel of experts and representative bodies. The scope of the review was to assess current maternity […]
Midwives and other NHS staff have helped almost 15,000 mums-to-be in England quit smoking during the last four years, according to new analysis by the health service. Latest figures show that the smoking rate for pregnant women at the time of birth in 2021-22 fell to 9.1% from 9.6% in the previous year, which is […]
The Maternity Clinical Network supports the delivery of high quality care for women during pregnancy, childbirth and the post-natal period. The network was established in April 2013 and covers the 6 STP areas across the West Midlands. Clinical networks exist to support the reduction of variation in high quality healthcare, sharing good practice and innovation […]