Maternity and Neonatal Voices Partnership - Quarter 2 (July-September 2024) Report

Introduction 

Maternity and Neonatal Voices Partnership is a team of women, midwives, doctors, health visitors and commissioners working together to review and contribute to the development of local maternity and neonatal care in Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest, and Newham. It recognises that listening and responding to all women and families is an essential part of safe and high-quality care. Listening to women and families with compassion improves the safety and experience of those using maternity and neonatal services and helps address health inequalities. 

Maternity and neonatal voices partnerships (MNVPs) ensure that service user voices are at the heart of decision-making in maternity and neonatal services.  Working with BARTS Health across Northeast London, Healthwatch Newham along with Healthwatch Tower Hamlets and Healthwatch Waltham Forest have now been awarded the East London Maternity Voices Partnership (MNVP) contracts in Newham, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest, starting in May 2023.

Feedback is collected by a team of local women who are the MNVP Chair dedicated to each borough. User engagement is driven by visiting children and community centres, maternity ward visits through ‘Walk the Patch’, participation in new parent groups and/or events, and digital engagement through social media, and the peanut app.