Maternity and Newborn Service Review
Where we are now
The Maternity and Newborn Services Review has now finished, and has moved in to implementation stage, led by the Bristol Health Services Plan Service Design and Improvement team.
A Maternity and Newborn Service Development Group has now been formed to undertake the improvements that were identified by the review. For updates and the latest information on the Maternity and Newborn Service Development Groups, please visit the Service Development section of this website, by following the link below.
Maternity and Newborn Service Development Group
"Seeking Your Views"
Maternity and newborn services exercise finished on 17 October 2008
The maternity and newborn services review "Seeking Your Views" exercise
ran from 30 June until 17 October 2008. During this time we held public
meetings across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire, met with
community groups such as twin and multiple birth groups, fathers groups, and
antenatal and postnatal groups, to get their views on the suggested changes
outlined in the "Seeking Your Views" document.
Improving Maternity Services
"Seeking Your Views" Document
We also held meetings with staff from North Bristol Trust, University Hospitals Bristol, Bristol PCT, South Gloucestershire PCT, North Somerset PCT, Weston Area Health Trust and the Great Western Ambulance Service. We asked for your views via this website and there was a great response to the document, evident by the large number of postal forms we received in the BHSP office. All of the valuable contributions received as part of this exercise has now be collated by an independent report writer and two reports produced, both available below.
The following document is a report featuring the final recommendations for maternity and newborn services in Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire, as a result of the consultation.
Maternity Review Report - Final recommendations December 2008
The following documents are the final reports, outlining the views of public and staff who commented on the proposed changes.
Maternity
Review Report - Consultation with members of the public. a summary of responses
Maternity Review Report - Consultation with NHS Staff ..a summary of
responses
The following document is the outcomes of an Equality Impact Assessment. The EIA was conducted to:
- Identify disproportionate or adverse effects of proposals in the BHSP proposals ‘ Improving and developing maternity and newborn services’ on equality groups;
- Inform planning to remove or minimise these, or to avoid any such effects emerging in the future
- Propose measures that can be taken to promote equality and good relations between people from different groups as part of the further development and implementation of the plan.
Maternity
Review - Equality Impact Assessment Report
In addition the following documents have shaped which elements of maternity and newborn services will we improve.
Maternity
Matters: Choice, access and continuity of care in a safe service
Improving
Health Ambitions for the South West 2008/09 - 2010/11
Saving
Babies Lives 2009 SANDS Report
Service Design and Development - NHS Staff only