El Molloy, service user representative from Coventry & Warwickshire Maternity Voices Partnership, shares her report from the recent Westminster Policy Forum (WPF) keynote seminar on Maternity Services in England – patient safety, service delivery and policy priorities. Continue reading “Westminster Policy Forum: Maternity Services in England”
Author: Cathy Brewster
National Maternity Voices and NHS England joint webinar series
Over the coming months National Maternity Voices will be delivering a series of webinars, co-created with NHS England, aimed at everyone involved in the development and transformation of maternity care through co-production with women and their families. Continue reading “National Maternity Voices and NHS England joint webinar series”
Co-creation Summit
Coventry 10th May 2019
If you know anything about Maternity Voices Partnerships, you will know that co-production (also known as co-creation) is their bread and butter – that is: involving people that use maternity services in the design, development and evaluation of those services. Then it will be no surprise that lots of MVP chairs were in attendance at the Co-creating welfare Summit that took place in Coventry last month. Here is a round up of the event from some of the National Maternity Voices committee who were lucky enough to be in the room! Continue reading “Co-creation Summit”
NHS England Patient and Public Voice (PPV) Partners Training available for Maternity Voices Partnerships
These two-day training courses are for patient and public voice partners involved in NHS England or supporting transformation programmes on a regular basis. Continue reading “NHS England Patient and Public Voice (PPV) Partners Training available for Maternity Voices Partnerships”
Free accredited training – Understanding the Health and Social Care Environment
Places are available on the Understanding the Health and Social Care Environment (UHSCE) online training course, which is accredited by Certa. The course is divided into three sections: about the stakeholders, about tools and methods for influencing health and social care, and about how you can present your community issues to have maximum impact for positive change. Continue reading “Free accredited training – Understanding the Health and Social Care Environment”
#NHS70
On the 70th birthday of the NHS, a message from Lisa Ramsey, Service User Voice Policy Manager for the Maternity Transformation Programme at NHS England, who works closely with our national committee on supporting Maternity Voices Partnerships. Continue reading “#NHS70”
Better Births Two Years on event
National Maternity Voices (NMV) are delighted to be part of the Better Births Two Years on event this Tuesday (27th March 2018) at The Midland hotel Manchester. Continue reading “Better Births Two Years on event”