Maternity Services Presentation to Norfolk County Council Health Scrutiny Committee 24 February 2005

Maternity Services

Presentation to

Norfolk County Council

Health Scrutiny Committee

24 February 2005

Presentation Team

Moira Logie

Sue Marshall

Neal Barker

Director of Operations

Head of Midwifery

Divisional General Manager

Maternity Services

• Description of the Services

• Consider the Women’s Journey

• Midwifery Recruitment & Retention

• Measuring Success

• Future Plans

Maternity Services

• The NNUH is a centre of excellence providing a modern maternity service to both high and low risk mothers and their babies .

• The maternity service is provided collaboratively by midwives, obstetricians & general practitioners.

Some Facts & Figures

• 5120 births in 2004.• 150 home births• 1196 caesarean sections• 2 sets of triplets• 83 sets of twins• 68 water births• Patch covered by the NNUH service =1200

square miles. • Average mileage of a community midwife = 7000

miles per year.

The Women’s Journey

• ANTENATAL – LEADING UP TO THE BIRTH

• INTRAPARTUM – AROUND THE BIRTH

• POST NATAL – FOLLOWING THE BIRTH

Recruitment & Retention of Midwives

• We have 134 whole time equivalent (WTE) midwives in post , supported by 35(WTE) nursing assistants.

• The national shortage of midwives is being felt locally and regionally.

Recruitment & Retention of Midwives

• What we are doing about it

• Midwifery Training

• Midwifery Micro site – by end of February

• Retention –Stable at present

• Improving Working Lives

• National recruitment

Measuring Success

• Feedback- from users.

• Low complaint rate

• Staff survey- to be carried out this year

• LSA –Audit of Practice via SOM

• CNST- Level 2

• External reviews

Future Plans

• Formalise a Maternity Services Development plan with Stakeholders.

Expected outputs:

1. Maternity Services Strategy2. Long-term vision3. Sustainable model for the delivery and

modernisation of maternity care

NNUH Contact Points:

Moira Logie, Director of Operations Tel: 01603-287553 Email: Moira.Logie@nnuh.nhs.uk

Neal Barker, Divisional General ManagerTel:01603-286302 Email: Neal.Barker@nnuh.nhs.uk

Sue Marshall, Head of Midwifery

Tel: 01603-287127 Email: Sue.Marshall@nnuh.nhs.uk