Regional Perinatal Equity Network

Health Innovation South West and Health Innovation West of England, in partnership with the Regional Maternity & Perinatal Team, invite you to join us for a winter Regional Perinatal Equity Network event. Taking place on 20 February, 10am-12pm via Microsoft Teams. 

This collaborative network builds on all the fantastic sessions provided over the past 3 years, with a renewed focus on supporting the implementation of the Local Maternity and Neonatal System (LMNS) Equity and Equality Action Plans, which provide a framework for our systems within the South West to address inequality within maternity and neonatal services.

Agenda

10:00 Welcome. Ann Remmers, Maternity and Neonatal Clinical Lead, Health Innovation West of England.

10:10 Latest NCMD update on child mortality and deprivation. Professor Karen Luyt, Neonatologist & Director of the National Child Mortality Database. 

11:05 MBRRACE Data Review – Discussion: How are systems assuming implementation? Examples of what is going well? South West views on the findings and recommendations from the emerging national equity and equality evaluation.  Victoria Morgan, National Lead for Equity and Equality. 

11:55 Evaluation and Close. Ann Remmers, Maternity and Neonatal Clinical Lead, Health Innovation West of England.

Aims & Objectives:

• Working in conjunction with the South West regional maternity team we aim to provide a space for collaboration, discussion and sharing of learning related to reducing inequity for those working in perinatal care in the West and South West region.
• To demonstrate a regional commitment to addressing inequalities in maternity and neonatal systems
• To facilitate a psychologically safe space to explore cultural competency and diversity fluency
• To act as a community of practice for those implementing inequality QI within the maternity and neonatal systems