Your Maternity Voices Partnership (MVP) may decide to further develop outreach to a particular group who may otherwise be underrepresented or experience poorer outcomes. Some examples were featured at the 2021 Maternity and Neonatal Service User Voice Summit, co-hosted by NHSE/I and National Maternity Voices (NMV). You can listen to the following presentations on the NMV web site:
- MVP projects to communicate with and better support Black and Asian birthing communities
- Lincolnshire Military Voices: an example of understanding local population
- Involving Dads and Partners in the work of MVPs
Your MVP may also link to specific awareness days or months and arrange communication or events to tie in e.g. Baby Loss Awareness Week, Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week or Black History Month. Providers will often be focusing on these events so can help link the MVP to useful content.
Can also link to specific days or months & make a calendar of events to tie in eg BabyLoss awareness week, maternal mental health week or Black History month. Providers will often be focusing on these events so can help link you to useful content. for example we have had black or asian staff share their stories , backgrounds and the challenges or inequality they faced this may help women feel more comfortable to tell their stories too.
(Organisation/Role of this commenter: Obstetrician KHFT)
Thanks Flo. I’ve added the following “Your MVP may also link to specific awareness days or months and arrange communication or events to tie in e.g. Baby Loss Awareness Week, Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week or Black History Month. Providers will often be focusing on these events so can help link the MVP to useful content.”
Can we add here based that the particular groups may be included in your LMS/LMNS equity and equality analysis and LMNs equity and equality plan
(Organisation/Role of this commenter: C&P LMNS Programme manager )