Karen Hooper, Midwifery Lead for the National Maternity and Neonatal Safety Improvement Programme (MatNeoSIP), hosts a conversation about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic during pregnancy.

This episode highlights World Patient Safety Day - the theme for 2021 is 'safe maternal and newborn care'.

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If you have further questions about this episode, please speak to your midwife or maternity care provider. You can also find useful resources at:

In this episode - Patient Safety Collaborative Programme Lead, Tony Roberts talks to the team behind Covid Oximetry @home for the Tees Valley CCG - one of three national pilot sites for the NHS, mobilised for rapid adoption of an innovative programme at the height of the COVID pandemic in 2020.

The Tees Valley Covid Oximetry @home project has won the Primary Care Initiative of the Year category for the HSJ Patient Safety Awards 2021.

The first in a series of podcasts with our Associate Director, Jody Nichols.

In this episode, Jody discusses the Innovation Pathway and the development of OMNIA and the evaluation ecosystem with fellow Associate Director, Rachel Morris.