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All babies and families will receive high quality care based on the best evidence available.
Women with heightened risk of preterm birth or a complex pregnancy will receive targeted care and the health of preterm babies will be better protected.
Families will have continuity of carer during pregnancy, birth, and the postnatal period.
Women will have improved access to information and their records and be able to access services and information in a more convenient and efficient way. This will help them make choices about their care using digital technologies enabling them to exercise more choice and control over their care.
Families will have an enhanced experience during the worrying period of neonatal critical care. Women and babies will receive high quality specialist neonatal care. Specialist neonatal care will be safe, effective, co-ordinated, and based on best practice.
Pregnant women, babies and families will be able to access joined-up antenatal care, birth facilities, postnatal care, mental health, specialist services, health visiting and social care services.
Families will be better supported to feed using evidence-based best practice.
Women and their partners will have improved access to high quality perinatal mental health care.
Women will have improved postnatal physiotherapy to support them to recover from birth.
We will develop and support our workforce to offer high quality, kind and compassionate care for our service users and partners.
How we can work together to know we have made a difference
The difference that you will see ...
More families living in conditions which help them to remain healthy.
More families having a positive and memorable pregnancy and childbirth experience.
More people from ethnic minorities, deprived areas, with disabilities and other groups of people easily accessing and trusting our services to provide tailored care for their needs.
Increased continuity of care throughout pregnancy, including for groups with protected characteristics.
More personalised care and support plans in place for pregnant people, based on evidence-based practice and clear conversations with professionals.
Psychological safety and improved outcomes for women from diverse and deprived communities.
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All babies and families will receive high quality care based on the best evidence available.
Women with heightened risk of preterm birth or a complex pregnancy will receive targeted care and the health of preterm babies will be better protected.
Families will have continuity of carer during pregnancy, birth, and the postnatal period.
Women will have improved access to information and their records and be able to access services and information in a more convenient and efficient way. This will help them make choices about their care using digital technologies enabling them to exercise more choice and control over their care.
Families will have an enhanced experience during the worrying period of neonatal critical care. Women and babies will receive high quality specialist neonatal care. Specialist neonatal care will be safe, effective, co-ordinated, and based on best practice.
Pregnant women, babies and families will be able to access joined-up antenatal care, birth facilities, postnatal care, mental health, specialist services, health visiting and social care services.
Families will be better supported to feed using evidence-based best practice.
Women and their partners will have improved access to high quality perinatal mental health care.
Women will have improved postnatal physiotherapy to support them to recover from birth.
We will develop and support our workforce to offer high quality, kind and compassionate care for our service users and partners.
How we can work together to know we have made a difference
The difference that you will see ...
More families living in conditions which help them to remain healthy.
More families having a positive and memorable pregnancy and childbirth experience.
More people from ethnic minorities, deprived areas, with disabilities and other groups of people easily accessing and trusting our services to provide tailored care for their needs.
Increased continuity of care throughout pregnancy, including for groups with protected characteristics.
More personalised care and support plans in place for pregnant people, based on evidence-based practice and clear conversations with professionals.
Psychological safety and improved outcomes for women from diverse and deprived communities.
