About Us
Maternity Voices Partnerships (MVPs) are parent-led, independent advisory groups of volunteer service user representatives and professionals who help improve local maternity care.
Our service of user representatives include people who have recently used local maternity services, those with an interest in improving maternity care and others who work with pregnant and new parents, for example providing antenatal classes and other support.
The key role of service user representatives is to listen to the views and experiences of women, their partners and families and ensure their feedback is heard and listened to.
Our Vision
For maternity and neonatal services in Humber and North Yorkshire to be kind as well as safe for all, by supporting and enabling our teams to consistently provide personalised, supportive and informed care, with empathy, understanding and compassion.
The professional members include:
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Commissioners
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Local authority staff working on public health
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Those providing maternity care including midwives, obstetricians, and health visitors.
We are also supported by:
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Local Healthwatch groups
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Voluntary and charity groups
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Healthcare professionals providing specialist services
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GPs.
We ask:
What was positive?
What may need improving?
How can we improve?
MVPs work together on all parts of maternity care, from pre-conception, pregnancy and birth to six months after birth.
Key topics include:
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Perinatal mental health
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Infant feeding support
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Bereavement support
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Choice and personalisation.
Co-production, involving the people using services when developing services, is a key part of the Partnership in Maternity Voices Partnerships and of Better Births – the Maternity Transformation program currently happening in England.
We work as a group of Maternity Voices Partnerships in Humber and North Yorkshire as part of the Local Maternity System to make sure the views of parents from across our area are heard as changes are made to implement Better Births here.
