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The Local Maternity Systems Transformation Plan

In February 2016 the NHS England Better Births report set out a vision and approach for improving NHS maternity services in England by 2021. The report focuses on seven key themes.

 

1. Personalised care

2. Continuity of carer

3. Safer care

4. Better postnatal and perinatal mental health care

5. Multi-professional working

6. Working across boundaries

7. A fair payment system for providers

The existing Maternity System

The current maternity services in the county are mainly made up of several partner organisations. These include our two main maternity service providers at Northampton General Hospital (NGH) NHS Trust, and Kettering General Hospital (KGH) NHS Foundation Trust. Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation NHS Trust (NHFT) is responsible for the delivery of the Child and Family Public Health Nursing Services (including Family Nurse Partnership) as well as Perinatal Mental Health Services. Care and support also comes from local General Practitioners (GPs), the local county councils and public health services.

The vision for the future Local Maternity Systems

We believe women and their families have the right to expect the highest standards of maternity care. This will be achieved through a genuine change in the services, by us listening and working with local women and their families as well as our maternity staff.

Who oversees delivery of the Northamptonshire Maternity Systems?

The delivery of Better Births in Northamptonshire is overseen by a board which is made up of clinicians representing maternity services (including representation from Neonatal Services), local NHS commissioners, NHS England, Public Health Services, Northamptonshire County Council (NCC), and service user groups such as Healthwatch and Northamptonshire Maternity Voices Partnership (MVP). Collectively this group of representatives is called the “Northamptonshire Local Maternity Systems (LMS) Delivery Board.”

The delivery board meets monthly to review the transformation and progress of the maternity services.

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