There has been a lot in the news about the need to improve services for women giving birth. A new service has already started in Mid and South Essex to help bring about change and improvement. Please do consider sharing your own experiences so we can help improve maternity care for other mums and babies.
The Maternity and Neonatal Independent Senior Advocate (MNISA) as part of a new NHS England pilot project.
The MNISA role aims to provide independent guidance and support to women and families affected by an adverse outcome following an episode of maternity or neonatal care, and to use this feedback to make services better.
Anyone who has experienced any of the following adverse outcomes during their care in mid and south Essex can seek support from the MNISA, whether this is something that happened recently or some time ago:
• your baby died after 24 weeks of pregnancy up to 28 days after birth,
• your baby was diagnosed with (or suspected to have) a brain injury,
• you had a hysterectomy (removal of the womb) during childbirth or within six weeks,
• you were admitted to critical/intensive care,
• the baby’s mother/birthing parent died
The MNISA for Mid and South Essex ICB is Sarah. Sarah is a registered midwife, who has been working in maternity and neonatal services since 1999, in a different part of the country. Sarah has extensive clinical experience, and a sound understanding of the pathways that NHS services follow when there is an unexpected outcome and people are harmed. Sarah has experience of working alongside senior healthcare leaders, and is committed to making sure that services listen to families and really learn from their insights.
If you want to share your own experiences with Sarah and help make services better for others you can find out more here. There has been a lot in the news about the need to improve services for women giving birth. A new service has already started in Mid and South Essex to help bring about change and improvement. Please do consider sharing your own experiences so we can help improve maternity care for other mums and babies.
The Maternity and Neonatal Independent Senior Advocate (MNISA) as part of a new NHS England pilot project.
The MNISA role aims to provide independent guidance and support to women and families affected by an adverse outcome following an episode of maternity or neonatal care, and to use this feedback to make services better.
Anyone who has experienced any of the following adverse outcomes during their care in mid and south Essex can seek support from the MNISA, whether this is something that happened recently or some time ago:
• your baby died after 24 weeks of pregnancy up to 28 days after birth,
• your baby was diagnosed with (or suspected to have) a brain injury,
• you had a hysterectomy (removal of the womb) during childbirth or within six weeks,
• you were admitted to critical/intensive care,
• the baby’s mother/birthing parent died
The MNISA for Mid and South Essex ICB is Sarah. Sarah is a registered midwife, who has been working in maternity and neonatal services since 1999, in a different part of the country.
Sarah has extensive clinical experience, and a sound understanding of the pathways that NHS services follow when there is an unexpected outcome and people are harmed. Sarah has experience of working alongside senior healthcare leaders, and is committed to making sure that services listen to families and really learn from their insights.
If you want to share your own experiences with Sarah and help make services better for others you can find out more here.
