Networking Maternity Voices Partnerships in England
National Maternity Voices third Annual General Meeting was held on Monday 27th November 2023. We thanked Emma Taylor who stepped down as a director after nearly 5 years supporting the development of NMV.Â
2022/2023 was a good year for NMV, starting with the launch of the MVP toolkit and ending with a return to face to face conferences. You can read about developments in our annual report for April 2022 – March 2023 here.
Roundtable report by Ella Sprung, Chair of Sheffield MVP
National Maternity Voices (NMV) was invited to a discussion at the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) about their next strategy, which will cover 2025-2030. Ella Sprung, Chair of Sheffield MVP attended. Continue reading “NMC Stakeholder Roundtable | 6 July 2023 | London”
In recent weeks, with the NHS 75th birthday approaching, Iâve been prompted to reflect on what is happening now that weâd like to see more of.
Here is my list: Continue reading “NHS75: what should we be doing more?”
Launch event report by Anne Marie Matarrese, Chair of Derbyshire Maternity and Neonatal Voices PartnershipÂ
On Monday 15 of May 2023, I attended the launch in parliament of the
Saving Babiesâ Lives Progress Report, by the Sands and Tommyâs Joint Policy Unit. The event was hosted by Olivia Blake and Cherilyn Mackrory, both MPs who have bravely shared their own stories of loss and work to raise awareness on this issue and drive improvements.
The event was attended by many MPs, as well as the Health Minister Maria Caulfield, representatives from national charities and organisations, as well as the Royal College of Midwives and Donna Ockenden. Many of those who spoke, from MPs to midwives, were bereaved parents themselves, with very different experiences of care. Hearing their stories in this context was a very powerful moment. Continue reading “Saving Babies Lives 2023: Where We Are”
Professor Jacqueline Dunkley-Bent, Baroness Julia Cumberlege, and Sir Cyril Chantler are stepping down from their roles in NHS England. National Maternity Voices (NMV) collated messages from Maternity and Neonatal Voices Partnership (MVP / MNVP) members to send with a token of appreciation for their incredible and long standing contributions to maternity and neonatal improvements and developments in England. Continue reading “NMV’s thanks key senior leaders moving on from NHS England”
Around 500 people gathered for this two day event in Leeds. As well as midwives, obstetricians, neonatologists and commissioner staff there were many MVP chairs, service user representatives and third sector colleagues. After so many online gatherings it was a delight to be able to have 1-1 conversations with people. Continue reading “Maternity & Neonatal Summit | 20-21 March 2023”
After nearly three years of remote working, it was wonderful to be in a room with dozens of other people interested in how service users can influence maternity and neonatal services. Â
Many people had been at the previous MVP unconference in March 2020 but many more had never met national colleagues face to face before.  Continue reading “2023 Maternity & Neonatal Service User Summit: 16 January 2023”
National Maternity Voices third Annual General Meeting was held on Tuesday 22nd November 2022. We were pleased to welcome Jen Baldry as Chair of Council and Zenab Barry as a Director. Hannah Lynes stepped down as a director and was thanked for nearly 4 years of insight and diligence in support of effective MVPs. The annual report for April 2021 to March 2022 can be found here. It was agreed that future NMV council meetings will be open to all members, and that the criteria for membership of the CIC will be reviewed at the next council meeting in January.
Return to NMV in Health and Wellbeing Alliance updates page for update blogs and other ways to get involved.
Following the announcement of our involvement in the Health and Wellbeing Alliance’s Maternity Consortium group last Summer and the launch of our Maternity Service User Register, we are keen to share our barriers survey (also embedded below – now closed).
Continue reading “Barriers to Accessing Maternity Services Survey”
Last summer, we announced our involvement with the Health and Wellbeing Alliance’s Maternity Consortium.
As part of our contribution to the Consortium’s project, “Engaging with diverse communities to improve access to appropriate services for those at risk of poorer maternity outcomes”, we’re pleased to share our service user register with you.
We are currently prioritizing those from ethnic minority backgrounds, and those who live/work/volunteer in postcodes that fall within the last two most deprived deciles for signup to the register.
Return to NMV in Health and Wellbeing Alliance updates page for update blogs and other ways to get involved.
