Maternity Safety Conference
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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