The Vision for Nurses, Midwives and Care Staff 1

The Way Forward for the North Presented by Gill Harris – Chief Nurse North Region - NHS England Yorkshire & Humber LSA 22 nd November

Background – NHS Mandate 1.Offers women choice of providers. 2.Reduces the incident and impact of post natal depression through earlier diagnosis, and better intervention and support. 3.That every women has a Named Midwife who is responsible for ensuring she has personalised, one to one care through out pregnancy, childbirth and during the postnatal period, including additional support for those who have a maternal health concerns. The Mandate for Maternity supports improvements to the care and experience of women and families during pregnancy and in the early years for their children and asks NHS England to ensure that the NHS:

Personalised Maternity Care Dan Poulter – Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Department of Health has also expressed his support for Personalised Maternity Care and has asked for a project to be set up which will describe: What will good maternity services look like in 2022 when the pledges are fully implemented? What will it look like in the North? 4

Reducing Stillbirths Multifaceted Requires collegiate working across communities Every contact really does count! Inextricably linked to deprivation – public health priority! Ensure capacity can meet variability – courageous decisions will have to be made Staffing needs to be matched to the dependency of the caseload NHS | Presentation to [XXXX Company] | [Type Date]5

Reducing Stillbirths Be transparent and robust in our reviews of care to ensure no opportunity to improve and learn is missed Learn from each other! Measure our progress! And understand what is working… Good work being undertaken elsewhere in the West Midlands & Wales – need to decide what we need in the North NHS | Presentation to [XXXX Company] | [Type Date]6

Essentials of Excellence in Nursing & Midwifery For all my families, every time, I care enough to: For myself and my profession, I care enough to: Provide great CARE Be COMPASSIONate COMMUNICATE effectively Have the COURAGE to speak out Improve my COMPETENCE Demonstrate COMMITMENT I measure this by… Reviewing the SAFETY of my clients Asking my clients everyday ‘what matters to you?’ Providing safe transitions in partnership with patients Reporting when things go wrong and taking action Learning something new everyday and sharing it Taking personal responsibility for leading improvements in care with my team

Our Aspiration! Be the best nationally and internationally– so we need your continued commitment! NHS | Presentation to [XXXX Company] | [Type Date]8