Category Archives: maternity

#MatExp featured prominently in ‘The State of Maternity Services in England’ policy document

Posted on July 27, 2016 by

How much can be achieved in two years?
The answer is a phenomenal amount if you set your mind to it! Continue reading →

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In the shoes of Victoria Morgan… | Reflecting on #MatExp and the impact it is having

Posted on January 18, 2016 by

MBRRACE-UK perinatal mortality report There is a lot of excitement in the #MatExp camp at the moment. So what’s new there? 😉 There was a wonderful workshop last week at Princess Royal Hospital. The room was packed and the #MatExp … Continue reading →

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#MatExp – proving that you don’t have to ‘ask for permission’ to make change

Posted on January 10, 2016 by

We are really chuffed to be invited to take part in the opening session of the NHS transformathon – a 24 hour global engage-a-thon on 27/28 January led by Helen Bevan and Alison Cameron. You can read about it here … Continue reading →

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What a year! My ‘take’ on #MatExp: building a change platform – by accident!

Posted on August 31, 2015 by

Florence Wilcock had promised to write a blog summarising ‘a year in the life of MatExp’: the story, from her perspective, of the 12 months since we first met. She emailed it to me and I felt really emotional opening … Continue reading →

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In the Running Shoes of Jacque Gerrard… | RCM Director, England

Posted on August 10, 2015 by

I first met Jacque Gerrard in real life, as opposed to Twitter, at the ‘Caring for the Carers’ (in this context, carers = professional staff) maternity conference at George Eliot hospital, Nuneaton. It was an amazing event. @JonathanCliffe8 our trust … Continue reading →

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Birthday bonanza – #MatExp was born one year ago today! :) Florence Wilcock gets nostalgic…

Posted on July 31, 2015 by

Florence Wilcock reflects on the first year of the powerful #WhoseShoes #MatExp campaign to improve maternity experience Continue reading →

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What does it take to build a change platform? A year ago I had no idea. #MatExp

Posted on July 6, 2015 by

What does it take to build a change platform? If you had asked me this question a year ago, I would probably have said that I had no idea. And yet a year later, it seems that that is what … Continue reading →

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A is for Action; B is for Bold; C is for Crazy! The #MatExp ABC has been a bit … D for Dynamic!!

Posted on May 11, 2015 by

Have you been following the #MatExp journey? Have you been following the #MatExp ABC? It has been so exciting and so so full on that I haven’t had time to write a blog about it – and I don’t think … Continue reading →

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In the shoes of … | Helen Calvert: Mother, Campaigner, Parent Advocate and Facebook Group Lead

Posted on May 4, 2015 by

Are you following #MatExp? – the Twitter hashtag for our fabulous campaign to improve maternity experience? Are you following our #MatExp alphabet, initiated by my #MatExp partner in crime, consultant obstetrician Florence Wilcock, known affectionately in our community as ‘FabObs … Continue reading →

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NHS Change day #MatExp Lithotomy Challenge – A blog for Mother’s Day

Posted on March 15, 2015 by

A Mother’s Day special !  Florence Wilcock, my ‘partner in crime’ on the #MatExp project has already written a very popular blog, writing as a mother who happens also to be an obstetrician – or perhaps vice versa. Who knows?  … Continue reading →

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