From 2020, it will take me 730 days to visit all maternity units in England & their education providers. Primary aims: meet midwives, women, babies & their families. Meet senior teams Learn & capture exemplary works& finally award a CMO medal where appropriate NHS England

Have you seen our new updated website? Check it out here! Birthrateplus.co.uk

BirthratePlus Professor Richard Griffin MBE Looks great! Easy to navigate and very engaging 👌

We’ve made some exciting changes to the acuity app….. it’s now possible to see acuity across your #LMNS all on the dashboard page - the 1st LMNS goes live with this next week 👏👏#MutualAid #WorkingTogether

The first LMNS has now gone live with LMNS wide acuity reporting - all maternity units in this LMNS can view each units latest acuity score on the Birthrate Plus acuity app dashboard page - great for system wide support & team working 👍🏻

BirthratePlus Michelle Cudjoe Adaline I have heard good feedback re: functionality and usefulness of the app… maybe worth considering?

@MathewJFry1 Abi Davey 💙 Sarah Lumley 𝙴𝚖𝚖𝚊 𝙷𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚠𝚒𝚌𝚔💙 Melissa Davis NHS BLMK Health and Care Partnership 💙 👇🏼

Did you know that we can support teams to collect data for the CNST MIS? For example, we can add fields to your acuity app to collect whether the shift leader is supernumerary and if not whether they were required to provide 1:1 care during this time. Get in touch 4 more info 👍🏻

Site visit today Walsall Healthcare 😊

In response to requests from HOMs and DOMs our FAQ section on the website now has a link to a PDF which shows how to calculate the worked midwife to birth ratio for monthly dashboard reporting Birthrateplus.co.uk/FAQs/

Just an update - permission to share details - the first LMNS is Cheshire and Merseyside - 7 Trusts all able to view real time acuity data for their intrapartum services to support more effective system wide working

Is the community ratio a real time or annual figure? Why do I need the same number of MWs even though the Birthrate has dropped? Why does our WTE MW number differ from another Trust in the LMNS with the same number of births? See our FAQ page - Birthrateplus.co.uk

The NHS is improving maternity and neonatal services with a new three-year delivery plan. Senior NHS leaders explain how this plan will provide a solid foundation for maternity and neonatal care improvement across England. england.nhs.uk/publication/th…

Chairing BirthratePlus board meeting today. Reviewing what has been a significant year for the company and planning for the future.

Excellent workshop today with maternity ward managers discussing the ward acuity tool - part of the ward acuity app review - great ideas and feedback - looking forward to the next one!

Good to see so many midwifery leaders today tuning in for the Birthrate Plus webinar organised by Royal College of Midwives 💙 - great questions and comments - Thank you all for attending 😊

We are in Mansfield today running a workshop with midwives from 10 different Trusts - “Exploring a new system of categorisation of women and babies in the inpatient ward setting”.

The intrapartum acuity app now shows the days and times when data entries are missed - this is useful to help service leaders focus supportive interventions on improving compliance and being better informed about staffing and acuity 😊

After workshops, surveys & general feedback we are ready to begin stage 1 testing of the ward acuity tool this week with selected units - from DGH to a multi-site tertiary unit. Thank you to everyone who responded to the survey & supported the workshops. More updates to follow.

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