Patient safety

Maternity and neonatal safety

The Maternity and Neonatal Safety Improvement Programme (MatNeoSIP) aims to reduce the rates of maternal and neonatal deaths, stillbirths and brain injuries that occur during or soon after birth by 50% by 2025 and contribute to the national ambition, set out in the Safer Maternity Care Action Plan, to reduce the national rate of preterm births from 8% to 6% by 2025.

It also looks to improve the safety and outcomes of maternal and neonatal care by reducing unwarranted variation and provide a high-quality healthcare experience for all women, babies, and families across maternity and neonatal care settings in England.

In Kent and Medway, Surrey and Sussex, we are delivering MatNeoSIP in partnership with –

Nine trusts
Three local maternity and neonatal systems
The KSS Operational Delivery Network for Neonates (ODN)
Maternity and neonatal voices partnerships
Patient advisory groups

Programme goals

To improve the optimisation and stabilisation of the preterm infant

PREM7+ is a project aimed at improving the effectiveness of the preterm optimisation pathway. It comprises nine-evidence based interventions that look to reduce the variability of care across regions with expected outcomes being:

Reduction in brain injury
Reduction in incidents of necrotising enterocolitis.
Reduction in bronchopulmonary dysplasia.
Reduction in cerebral palsy
Reduction in morbidity and mortality.

To improve early recognition and management of deterioration in women and babies

MatNeoSIP supports the implementation of Maternal Early Warning Score (MEWS) and Newborn Early Warning Track and Trigger National Tool (NEWTT2), a British Association of Perinatal Medicine (BAPM) tool. Both are designed to improve the Prevention, Identification, Escalation, and Response (PIER) to maternal and newborn deterioration.

To use safety culture insights for improved quality of care

The Perinatal Culture and Leadership Programme aims to enhance the quality of care for women and babies by fostering a positive safety culture within perinatal teams.

The Health Innovation Network will help leaders:

Drive cultural change and safety improvements.
Create psychologically safe environments where staff feel supported and valued.
Embed compassionate and inclusive leadership into everyday practice.
Empower and equip perinatal leadership teams with the skills and tools they need to affect the required behavioural, cultural and organisational change and embed culture work in everyday practice.

To introduce the National, Avoiding Brain Injury in Childbirth (ABC) programme

The MatNeoSIP Avoiding Brain Injury in Childbirth (ABC), programme will help maternity staff to better identify signs that the baby is in distress during labour so they can act quickly.

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