In conversation with Eloise …who has been a Midwife with North Bristol Trust since 1996. 

Throughout her career she has been drawn towards the one-on one care provision within small teams. She has worked in midwife- led units, including stand alone and has been part of three continuity of carer type teams. She considers herself to be a reluctant manager; always happy to lead or inspire with junior staff/students, especially regarding physiological birth but it wasn’t until a continuity team was stood up at her Trust that she stepped up to manage a team as she felt it represented a return to her midwifery roots. Sadly, accepting the post at end of 2019, meant the project was held-back due to the pressures of Covid-19 and the team was eventually disbanded without Eloise feeling that it ever, really fully got off the ground. She joins us today and shares her experiences and wonders what the future holds.

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Links to Building Blocks 2, 3, 4 and 6: 

Delivering Midwifery Continuity of Carer at full scale

Department of Health, Changing Childbirth: Report of the Expert Maternity Group (1993)

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Hosted by: Nicola Nelson, Midwife at NHS England SouthWest @wayofthekoi

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Guest: Eloise Alexander @NorthBristolNHS

In this episode

In conversation with Leanne Legg.  We'll be exploring what it means to work as a Maternity Support Worker in a Midwifery Continuity of Carer Team.

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Hosted by: Nicola Nelson, Midwife at NHS England SouthWest @wayofthekoi

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Guest: Leanne Legg @DCHFT

In this episode Nicola Nelson, SW Regional Lead Midwife for Maternity Continuity of Carer, is in conversation with Rachael Glasson, Deputy Regional Chief Midwife, NHSE SW. We'll be exploring workforce challenges and how MCoC Teams can be developed and supported to ensure the best for staff and ensure sustainability of the model. 

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Links to Building Blocks 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8: 

Delivering Midwifery Continuity of Carer at full scale

Workforce deployment tool (registered users only)

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Hosted by: Nicola Nelson, Midwife at NHS England SouthWest @wayofthekoi

Production by: Strata5

Guest: Rachael Glasson @NHSSW

In this episode

In conversation with Sandy Richards who is the Local Maternity and Neonatal System Midwife for Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon & Wiltshire (BSW) and Charlie Mardon who is the Devon LMNS program manager and maternity commissioner. Both have leadership roles around Continuity within their organisations.

#maternitycares @NHSSW 

Links to building block 12 of:

Delivering Midwifery Continuity of Carer at full scale

Better Births Improving outcomes of maternity services in England (National Maternity Review)

Implementing Better Births: Continuity of Carer (2017)www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/implementing-better-births.pdf

South West MCoC data capture tools – South West Maternity & Perinatal Programme – FutureNHS Collaboration Platform (Registered users only)

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Hosted by: Nicola Nelson, Midwife at NHS England SouthWest @wayofthekoi

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Guests: Sandra Richards @BSW_Together and @BetterBsw

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Sandy Richards is the Local Maternity and Neonatal System Midwife for Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon & Wiltshire (BSW) 

Charlie Mardon is the Devon LMNS program manager and maternity commissioner.

In conversation with Professor Trixie McAree who is the National Midwifery Lead for Continuity of Carer at NHS England. Continuity of Carer is a significant part of the NHS Maternity Transformation agenda and Trixie has been with it from the beginning. Today we have the opportunity to hear her views, hear about her experiences and get some valuable advice about moving forward.

#maternitycares @NHSSW 

Delivering Midwifery Continuity of Carer at full scale

Better Births Improving outcomes of maternity services in England (National Maternity Review)

Implementing Better Births: Continuity of Carer (2017)

Workforce deployment tool (registered users only)

South West MCoC data capture tools – South West Maternity & Perinatal Programme – FutureNHS Collaboration Platform (Registered users only)

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Hosted by: Nicola Nelson, Midwife at NHS England SouthWest @wayofthekoi

Production by: Strata5

Guest: Professor Trixie McAree @mcareetrixie

In conversation with Jessica Smyth who is a student Midwife at the University of West England (UWE) in Bristol. Jess is coming to the end of the second year of her Midwifery degree programme and has experienced working in a Continuity team during her placements.

#maternitycares @NHSSW 

Delivering Midwifery Continuity of Carer at full scale

How to become a Midwife

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Hosted by: Nicola Nelson, Midwife at NHS England SouthWest @wayofthekoi

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Guest: Jessica Smyth @UWEMidwifery

Jessica Smyth, student Midwife at UWE coming to the end of her second year. She balances this with being Mum to two little boys and looks after her mental health by going to the gym. Jess was inspired to become a midwife early in life, in her teens, but felt it required a level of maturity so she took time away from pursuing this and worked in pharmacy and as an HCA and she feels that all of these experiences have given her the multidisciplinary experience and understanding that enhances her role as midwife.

Nicola takes the opportunity to share her thoughts and some resources about ‘team building’. 

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Links to building block 6

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Hosted by: Nicola Nelson, Midwife at NHS England SouthWest @wayofthekoi

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Nicola Nelson is the Lead Midwife for Continuity of Carer for NHSE Southwest. She is the host of the #maternitycares podcast series.

In this episode

In conversation with Alex van der Meer, Consultant obstetrician and gynecologist at Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in the South West of England. Alex has been the named consultant with a Midwifery Continuity of Carer team for approximately two years and talks to us about her experiences, what Continuity of Carer means to her and how she sees the future of continuity.

#maternitycares @NHSSW 

Links to building block 7:

Delivering Midwifery Continuity of Carer at full scale

Three year delivery plan for maternity and neonatal services

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Hosted by: Nicola Nelson, Midwife at NHS England SouthWest @wayofthekoi

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Guest: Alex van der Meer @GWH_NHS

Alex van der Meer is a Consultant obstetrician and gynecologist at Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Wiltshire, here in the South West. Alex has been the named consultant with the Bluebell Continuity team for approximately two years.

In conversation with Julie Wills, Team Leader for a Midwifery Continuity Team in Bristol, South West England about what working in a continuity models means to her and the other midwives in her team, about its challenges and its rewards and how she has navigated the team's way to a new way of working.

#maternitycares @NHSSW 

Links to Building Blocks: 3, 6 and 9:

Delivering Midwifery Continuity of Carer at full scale

Better Births Improving outcomes of maternity services in England (National Maternity Review)

Implementing Better Births: Continuity of Carer (2017)

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Hosted by: Nicola Nelson, Midwife at NHS England SouthWest @wayofthekoi

Production by: www.strata5.co.uk

Guest: Julie Wills @uhbwNHS

In this episode

In conversation with Jo Hartley, Director of Midwifery and Neonatal Services at Dorset County Hospital and Louise Kayles, Lead Midwife for the Cranberry Continuity team at the same Trust. We'll be exploring what it takes to create the right environment for the continuity model of midwifery care to flourish.

#maternitycares @NHSSW 

Links to Building Blocks 3,5,6 and 8:

Delivering Midwifery Continuity of Carer at full scale

Better Births Improving outcomes of maternity services in England (National Maternity Review)

Implementing Better Births: Continuity of Carer (2017)

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Hosted by: Nicola Nelson, Midwife at NHS England SouthWest @wayofthekoi

Production by: www.strata5.co.uk

Guests: Jo Hartley and Louise Kayles @DCHFT

Jo Hartley, Director of Midwifery and Neonatal Services at Dorset County Hospital and Louise Kayles, Lead Midwife for the Cranberry Continuity Team at the same Trust