Delivering
Better Births in Cheshire and Merseyside
We
were delighted to able to host a visit from Baroness Cumberlege of Newick and
Professor Sir Cyril Chantler earlier this month. Baroness Cumberlege was
the Chair of a review of maternity services for NHS England in 2015 and Professor
Sir Cyril Chantler was Vice-Chair. Better
Births, the report of the review, sets out a vision
for safe and efficient models of maternity care: safer care, joined up across
disciplines, reflecting women’s choices and offering continuity of care along
the pathway.
Cheshire and Merseyside has been chosen as an
“early adopter” site by NHS England to implement the recommendations in Better
Births, which is why Baroness Cumberlege and Professor Sir Cyril Chantler
were visiting us. This work is being delivered by 27 NHS organisations
working together as the Cheshire and Merseyside Women’s and Children’s Services
Partnership. The Partnership is hosted and supported by NHS Halton CCG.
The visit took in maternity services across
Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, St Helens and Warrington. Both Baroness
Cumberlege and Professor Sir Cyril Chantler were impressed by the progress we
have been making in improving local maternity services and in our future plans
and aspirations to establish a Local Maternity System across Cheshire and
Merseyside that delivers Better Births.
