Our #ForEveryPregnancy campaign shows women that every pregnancy is unique and their midwife team should be right alongside them 💙

Sharing these materials can help women in your care feel at ease. Why not put up the poster in your waiting room?

nmc.org.uk/standards/guid…

What a productive evening we have had at our 'Pizza and Planning' event. We invited our Southport Ormskirk Sefton Maternity Voices service users along to share their views and ideas with us and help us shape the future of our maternity services.

The future of engaging patients and families for patient safety

Important article
thelancet.com/journals/lance…

We need to break the cycle of staff leaving #NHS . There are things out of our control but there are some things in our control

Do we look after them?
Meet their basic needs?
Develop them?
Be flexible?
Value them?
Give autonomy?
Create diverse roles?
Recruit fairly?

Basic Needs at Work 💛🧡

When I think back over my own career, the times when I felt I could do my best work & was most supported, was when I had an affirming leader. Sincere words of affirmation don't take much effort & have a disproportionate impact on people’s self-esteem. As leaders, we should never…

What a great morning I've had at our 1st world cafe event in collaboration with our local maternity voice partnership gaining valuable feedback from our maternity service users. Feeling proud. #teammwl #patientexperience #sosmvp

Happy 75th Birthday NHS #MWLNHS

1st day in new job ✔️ #PatientExperience #matron #teammwl

It is our belief that prosecuting a woman for ending their pregnancy will never be in the public interest. Read our full position here: fal.cn/3z1v4

Listening to patients is more than just nodding along. Be present, connect, engage with them, encourage conversation and allow their confidence to express themselves grow #PatientCare

Before jumping into improvement, the right environment is needed to ensure it has the best possible chance of being successful. Here are key conditions that need to be present for carrying out improvement: #QI

Are you interested in #QualityImprovement in #Maternity & would you like to know more? Join us for #Maternity QI inaugural event where we will take you on the QI journey as our stakeholders - our first focus will be 'identifying the problem' - the first step in QI! @katebrintworth

Instrumental (esp forceps) births are an under-recognised cause of physical injury in birth. An important new website outlines the risks of different modes of delivery. A very useful resource for pregnant women. birthfacts.org #birthtrauma

The day we celebrate my profession. Over 20 years qualified and over 20 years working at the same trust with some of the most amazing people. I still can't believe I am lucky enough to call this a job. @ormskirkmaternity you'll always have my heart. @SONHStrust

Congratulations to Jo 💜 for getting special recognition from the Chief Midwife in the Bereavement Midwife of the Year Award 🙌🙌🙌

#AlwaysProud

@SONHStrust Ormskirk Neonatal Unit Dawn Meredith 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Maryjo Waldron Rebecca Crooke Carol Fowler RN 💙 Brendan Schwartz

I wrote about the #gasandair scandal and midwives’ right to workplace safety for The New Statesman:
newstatesman.com/quickfire/2023…