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Maternity Safety Conference

22 May 2025 9:00am – 4:00pmBST (+01:00)
Manchester Marriott Hotel Piccadilly, 91 London Road, Manchester, M1 2PG, United Kingdom

The Local Maternity and Neonatal System (LMNS) as the maternity and neonatal arm of NHS Greater Manchester are hosting this event to share local maternity providers’ examples of great practice and share learning and quality improvement work that has taken place within Greater Manchester Trusts.

9:00 – 9:45am

Registration and arrival with refreshments in the Piccadilly Suite

9:45 – 9:55am

Welcome, introductions and housekeeping

Karen Clough, Safety Lead Midwife, NHS Greater Manchester – Greater Manchester and Eastern Cheshire Strategic Clinician Networks (LMNS)

9:55 – 10:25am

Maternal and neonatal patient safety improvement programmes

Stu Kaill, Senior Programme Development Lead (Patient Safety Lead), Patient Safety Collaborative, Health Innovation Manchester

10:25 – 10:45am

Diabetes in pregnancy in south Asian women

Faith Sheils, Director of Midwifery – Perinatal and Families Division, Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

10:45 – 11:05am

Pre-term optimisation

Suzanne Thomas (Saving Babies Lives), Matron for Fetal Surveillance, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust – Saint Mary's Hospital

11:05 – 11:25am

Refreshment break

11:25 – 11:45am

The journey of improvement in a maternity service: What makes the difference?

Dr Stephy Mathen, Consultant Obstetrician, and Faith Sheils, Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (Royal Oldham Hospital)

11:45am – 12:05pm

Avoiding Term Admissions Into Neonatal Units (ATAIN) quality improvement

Lyndsey Banks, Quality and Safety Lead for Maternity and Child Health, Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

12:05 – 12:25pm

Quality improvement regarding third-degree and fourth-degree tears

Laura Higgs, Specialist Midwife for Clinical Skills and Education, Bolton NHS Foundation Trust

12:25 – 12:45pm

Greater Manchester maternity immunisation service and neonatal Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG)

Pam Southcombe, Clinical Screening and Immunisation Coordinator, NHS Greater Manchester

12:45 – 1:30pm

Lunch and networking

 

Afternoon to be chaired by Dr Akila Anbazhagan, Consultant Obstetrician, St Mary's at Wythenshawe, Greater Manchester and Eastern Cheshire LMNS Clinical Lead

1:30 – 1:50pm

Maternity triage and midwifery ultrasound service

Joanne Birch, Specialist Matron Women and Children Services – Surgical Division, Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

1:50 – 2:10pm

Born Before Approval (BBA)

Sarah Karsa, Midwifery and Women’s Health Governance and Risk Lead, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust

2:10 – 2:30pm

Dashboard

Catherine Nash, Quality Improvement Lead Nurse, North West Neonatal Operational Delivery Network

2:30 – 2:45pm

Refreshment break

2:45 – 3:05pm

Pre-Term Birth (PTB) clinic quality improvement

Amit Verma, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist and Olivia Sutch, Midwife, Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

3:05 – 3:25pm

Session title to follow

Claire Shorrock, Practice Education Midwife, Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

3:25 – 3:45pm

Exploring escalation barriers within maternity care

Patient Safety Team, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

3:45 – 4:00pm

Closing remarks, next steps and date for the next session

Julie Cheetham, Director Strategic Clinical Networks, NHS Greater Manchester – Greater Manchester and Eastern Cheshire Strategic Clinical Networks

 

Questions about this event?

Name: Michelle Davies

Email: michelle.davies9@nhs.net

Telephone: 07710152805

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