Hull and East Riding | Maternity Voices HNY

Hull and East Riding MNVP

Meet Your Hull and East Riding MNVP Lead

Rachael Smith
MNVP Lead for Hull and
East Riding

About

I had two very different birth experiences in Hull and wanted to use the positives and negatives from my journeys to help make improvements for the future for other parents. When the Hull MNVP was established, I volunteered for the role to help get it up and running and to make a difference to local families.

Interests

We’re always interested in visiting groups to get more feedback, if you’d like us to visit your group please contact us!

What would you like to achieve as MNVP Lead?

To continue what we're doing and engage as many people as possible! Find out more about what we do in our leaflet which is available here.

Meet the Hull and East Riding MNVP Team

Marie Thompson
Hull Neonatal Lead

(also supports North and

North East Lincolnshire MNVP)

Leonie Eastwood
East Riding North
Engagement Lead

Sam Hutchings
East Riding West
Engagement Lead

Nicola Dobson
Hull
Engagement Lead

Our meetings

Next Meeting: Future 2026 dates will be circulated shortly. Our last meeting was on 12 February 2026

Venue: to be advised.

If you would like adding to our distribution list, please get in touch.

Get involved

You can do this in a number of ways:

Follow us on social media - links are on Your MNVPs
Come along to one of our meetings
Share your experience, either as part of our meeting agenda or via email/social media
Tell us about any local groups or events we could attend to listen to people’s experiences
Increase awareness of MNVP, particularly with families who voices may not have been heard.
Attend focus groups, listening events or complete surveys linked to specific MNVP projects, and contribute to the co-production of services
Or click here to complete a short survey to share your feedback directly with us.