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#MatExp featured prominently in ‘The State of Maternity Services in England’ policy document
How much can be achieved in two years?
The answer is a phenomenal amount if you set your mind to it! Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, co-production, communication, community engagement, compassion, education, health, in my shoes, leadership, maternity, personalisation, well-being
Tagged choice, choice and control, co-production, Compassion, empathy, make a difference, mat, outcomes, personalisation, Quality of life, relationships, respect, Twitter, Whose Shoes?
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In the shoes of Victoria Morgan… | Reflecting on #MatExp and the impact it is having
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
Posted in Blogs, Guest blog, health, maternity, personalisation, safeguarding, well-being
Tagged #MatExp, birth, change, maternity, NHS, safety, transformation, WhoseShoes patient safety
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#MatExp – proving that you don’t have to ‘ask for permission’ to make change
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
What a year! My ‘take’ on #MatExp: building a change platform – by accident!
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
Posted in Blogs, community engagement, maternity, personalisation, social media, well-being
Tagged #MatExp, choice, choice and control, co-production, Compassion, empathy, health, maternity, maternity review, midwifery, midwives, RCM, respect, social media, Twitter, Whose Shoes?
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In the Running Shoes of Jacque Gerrard… | RCM Director, England
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
Posted in Blogs, co-production, community engagement, compassion, Guest blog, health, leadership, maternity, personalisation, social media, well-being
Tagged #MatExp, choice, choice and control, co-production, Compassion, empathy, health, maternity, maternity review, midwifery, midwives, RCM, respect, social media, Twitter, Whose Shoes?
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Birthday bonanza – #MatExp was born one year ago today! :) Florence Wilcock gets nostalgic…
Florence Wilcock reflects on the first year of the powerful #WhoseShoes #MatExp campaign to improve maternity experience Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, co-production, communication, community engagement, Guest blog, leadership, maternity, mental health, personalisation, well-being
Tagged #MatExp, choice and control, Compassion, make a difference, maternity, maternity review, maternity review team, outcomes, Quality of life, relationships, Twitter, Whose Shoes?
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What does it take to build a change platform? A year ago I had no idea. #MatExp
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
Posted in Blogs, co-production, communication, community engagement, health, maternity, personalisation, well-being
Tagged #MatExp, choice, choice and control, co-production, Compassion, empathy, evaluation, health, maternity, maternity review, respect, social media, Twitter, Whose Shoes?
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In the shoes of … | Helen Calvert: Mother, Campaigner, Parent Advocate and Facebook Group Lead
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
Posted in Blogs, co-production, community engagement, compassion, education, Guest blog, maternity, mental health, personalisation, safeguarding, well-being
Tagged #MatExp, childbirth, choice, choice and control, Compassion, dignity, empathy, lithotomy, make a difference, maternity, outcomes, respect, social media, stirrups, Twitter
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NHS Change day #MatExp Lithotomy Challenge – A blog for Mother’s Day
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
Posted in Blogs, education, Guest blog, health, maternity, personalisation, well-being
Tagged #MatExp, childbirth, choice, choice and control, Compassion, dignity, empathy, lithotomy, make a difference, maternity, Mother's Day, outcomes, respect, social media, stirrups, Twitter
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