An Improvement webinar on Using quality improvement to enhance maternity and neonatal outcomes held on Wednesday, 10 July 2024. 

Facilitated by chair: Miriam Deakin - Director of Development and Engagement at NHS Providers.

Panelists:

Naomi Chambers is the Professor of Health Management at The University of Manchester. Within this session, Prof Chambers discussed the challenges boards faced in maternity services. She drew on evidence from governance literature and empirical research studies about board leadership whilst applying labour process theory to understand maternity workforce cultures and behaviours.

Hear from Naomi Chambers 

Carla Jones-Charles is the Director of Midwifery, and Randeep Kular is the Director of Strategic Projects at University Hospitals Birmingham. Both speakers delivered a presentation on health inequalities within maternity services. Using Mothers and Babies: Reducing Risk through Audits (MBRRACE) data, the speakers highlighted racial differences around perinatal mortality rates.

Hear from Carla Jones-Charles and Randeep Kular

Dr Nandi Simpson is the Director of Implementation and Research, and Arnie Puntis is the Policy Manager at NHS Race and Health Observatory. Both speakers shared their findings from a recent report outlining challenges in neonatal care for Black, Asian and minority ethnic babies whilst making clear recommendations for tackling this issue. 

Hear from Dr Nandi Simpson and Arnie Puntis 

The Learning and Action Network speakers discussed interventions they are implementing to improve maternity and neonatal health. Speakers included: 

• Noshin Menzies, Senior Project Manager (Health Innovation West of England)
• Tom Baker, Programme Manager – Perinatal Safety Improvement & Georgina Twist, Specialist Midwife Maternal Mental Health (University Hospitals Leicester)
• Jennifer Carroll, Continuous Improvement Clinical Fellow and Jenny Craddock, Midwifery Team Leader (Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust)

Hear from Noshin Menzies, Tom Baker, Georgina Twist, Jennifer Carroll and Jenny Craddock

Resources

1. Please find a link to the presentation here. 
2. Quality improvement Essentials toolkit 
3. Birmingham and Lewisham African and Caribbean Health Inequalities Review (BLACHIR)
4. Review of Neonatal Assessment and Practice in Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Newborns
5. Lessons learned to inform maternity care from the UK and Ireland Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths and Morbidity
6. Safety, equity and engagement in maternity services
7. NHS Race and Health Observatory: Learning and Action Network