Maternity Transformation Programme
Bulletin No.83: 3rd September 2021
Maternity News
For a copy of the last MTP Bulletin and a listing for all previous MTP Bulletins please use this index link
Webinar: Maternity Incentive Scheme – Yr 4 (CNST) – safety action 2: submitting maternity MSDS data.
23rd September 13:00 – 14:00
A webinar to give guidance and support for the successful completion for safety action 2 is planned for Thursday 23rd September, 13:00 to 14:00 for an audience including digital midwives, MSDS data submitters, Regional Chief Midwives and HOMs and DOMs
The webinar will give an introduction to safety action 2 and outline key available national resources such as:
- Scorecard
- Data Quality Submission Tool
- Technical Guidance Videos
- Drop In sessions
- On-line resources
Presenters from NHSE&I, NHSD and NHSX will be available to answer any queries or questions that you may have.
The webinar will be hosted as a teams event. Please email england.maternitytransformation@nhs.net to receive an invite and a link for the event.
Regional Maternity Reporting Tool and reports
A reporting tool and a suite of regional reports are hosted on the MTP Collaboration hub with a video walkthrough to show how you can best use the reporting tool. The reports are presented as:
- National and regional view of the Tier 1 (Outcome) and Tier 2 (Intervention) measures as presented to the MTP Board
- Regional and STP views of specific groups of measures for the CNO and regional CNO's
- Regional reports containing operational / quality measures as requested by the regions
- Regional reporting tool - Yorkshire and Humber version
- Regional reporting tool - North East version
The reporting tool and reports can be viewed from the Maternity Collaboration hub here.
If you are not a member of the hub please complete this form requesting access here
New VCSE role: Maternity Consortium Engagement Lead
Tommy’s and Sands are new members of the national VCSE Health and Wellbeing Alliance leading a Maternity Consortium that includes National Maternity Voices (NMV), the Pregnancy and Baby Charities Network (PBCN) and a number of community organisations. They are appointing a Maternity Consortium Engagement Lead – more information is available here: Maternity Consortium Engagement Lead
Managing Adverse Events
Susanna Stanford and Sarah Seddon share a positive message about managing adverse events in healthcare in this short YouTube film following their personal experiences of maternity care. It’s a valuable insight into managing your response to adverse incidents as a clinician as well as supporting women and families, but a difficult watch in places.
Dates for your diary
Next Week.....
Equity and Equality Guidance for LMS: launch event
6 September 2021 from 14:00 - 16:00
Join Prof Jacqueline Dunkley-Bent OBE for the launch of the Equity & Equality Guidance for LMS. Hear from:
- Rosanne Sodzi, Public Health England, about undertaking a population health needs analysis;
- Kirsty Kitchen, Birth Companions, about co-production with seldom heard groups in North Central London LMS; and
- Wendy Olayiwola BEM, National Maternity Lead for Equality, and Misha Moore, National Speciality Advisor for Obstetrics, about implementing the Workforce Race Equality Scheme
If you are responsible for developing and/or implementing your LMS equity and equality action plan, or supporting those who are, register here
An equity & equality page is available on the Local Transformation Hub. It includes a range of resources to support the development of LMS equity analyses.
To join the hub if not already a member - please complete this form
From Niche to Necessity: Genomics in Routine Care
8th September 2021, 14:00 – 16:00 (Free)
Register now to book your place. These new technologies are already entering mainstream healthcare and to help prepare you for this exciting future you will need some understanding of what it means for you, your clinical practice and the people in your care.
The webinar is particularly useful for nurses, midwives and health visitors with limited knowledge of genomics.
Getting Safer Faster: Baby Lifeline National Maternity Safety Conference
9th September 2021, 08:00 – 17:00
Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel
Click here to register, or email info@babylifeline.or.uk for more information.
And following weeks events.....
HSIB Annual Conference
Thursday 16th September 2021, 10:00-15:00
The conference aims to share learning from investigations and will also focus on:
- how we are teaching investigation science
- the principles which sit behind modern healthcare safety investigations
- safety management systems. How they’re used in other organisations, and could they work in the NHS?
- how together we can make maternity care safer
- sharing case studies and patient stories from across their investigations
Visit the HSIB Website to register: 16 September: Healthcare Safety Investigations Conference | HSIB
Maternal Mental Health Services – implementation event
Wednesday 29 September 2021, 13:00 - 16:00
The national perinatal mental health team will be hosting an event for those involved in the design and delivery of MMHS, in Early Implementer sites, Fast Follower sites, and beyond! Hear the latest programme updates and learn from what sites have been doing. We will also discuss next steps and how to prepare for transformation funding shifting to CCG baseline funding from 2022/23.
Click here to register by Monday 20 September. For questions, email ENGLAND.PerinatalMH@nhs.net. Please do share details of the webinar with colleagues and wider networks.
Addressing Inequalities in Perinatal Care Conference
BAPM Annual Conference 2021
4 October 2021 9:00am to 5 October 2021 5:15pm
Programme schedule and links for tickets are on the BAPM website here.
Exploring the intersections between criminal justice and children’s social care during pregnancy and early motherhood
5th October 2021, 10:00 – 15:00
Hosted by Birth Companions and Lancaster University's Centre for Child and Family Justice Research. For more information and to book your free place visit the eventbrite website here
NHS England strategic events team: Health Inequalities Webinar Series
Webinars to help implement NHS Planning Guidance for 2021/22
Aide Memoir – Links to online resources
