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Caption: Maternity Pick& Mix! 20
#MatExpAdvent -ures
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Caption: Quality is like the holy grail of health care we are constantly striving for an almost mythical perfection of health and happiness
Caption: The question is how in the 21st century with all its competing challenges & pressures can we hope to bring this about in the #NHS
The answer on the one hand appears to be get tough, set regulations , inspect , check & monitor, talk & make grand transformational plans
But there is an alternative way afoot, many small green shoots are appearing
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people using services wanting to take control & devlop & improve together with the health teams who care for them
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Caption: There are many leading the way #MatExp is one of many such ideas
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Caption: & it's not 'just fluff' there is a legal requirement now for health organisations to actively involve users in service development & improvement
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Caption: Whilst #MatExp is relatively new there are some who have been trying to do this in the past with variable success...the #MSLCs
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Caption: Sorry , what does MSLC stand for?
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Caption: #MSLC members & leaders have been involved in #MatExp from the start
Caption: Some MSLC were doing amazing things, some were struggling & some areas don't have one at all.
Worst of all many women haven't heard of them at all π’
Bit of a problem if we want to use them to harness women's voices & drive change & improve quality,
Remember the beginning , how can we get to Quality Street?
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Caption: You need the right mix of people
Caption: MSLC are composed of healthcare professionals of all disciplines , lay reps, commissioners & more.
But there is more to it than that because simply mixing health professionals & women together isn't enough , you need a little magic
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Caption: To help things along
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Caption: Possibly a game , cake π° & fun encouraging the conversation, breaking down barriers & encouraging creativity could help!
Caption: & it's fantastic that @NCTCharity & NHSEngland have worked together to produce some brand new guidance for #MSLCs feeding into the @nhsmatreview
An amazing #MSLC national get together was held in November with me peeping in via Twitter launching new guidance
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Caption: There is some existing brilliant work already being done, I have met many inspirational MSLC leaders this year, too many to name , who have jumped in & linked with #MatExp. Often they are mines of information , ideas & most important common sense
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Caption: Now we just need to make sure that quality is spread everywhere & I hope #MatExp might just be able to help with that by sharing ideas & enabling conversations
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Caption: So in 2016 I was lucky enough to sit in on Bromley MSLC their annual report is here
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Caption: Teams up & down the country have continued to champion MSLC and prove just how effective they are at involving local women . Reading made this marvellous video
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Caption: Locally we've done Voices training & started up on Twitter
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Caption: Stop press 2017! The national guidance for local maternity systems included front & centre the renamed Maternity Voices Partnerships with ideas about who to involve, how to fund , & jam packed with brilliant examples of action.
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Caption: Mary Newburn wrote us a poem to include in 'Nobody's Patient' #MatExp
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Caption: In London we held a maternity voices development day
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Caption: National Maternity Voices came to life run by some amazing volunteers
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Caption: & they gave us both local and national MVP views at our recent Picker maternity workshops
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Caption: 2018 looks like itβs going to bring even more exciting times π
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Caption: Have you got a MVP? How could you get involved? Could you set one up?
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Caption: We can do much more if we do it together! Go have a pick & mix MatExp MVP advent ure & see where it takes you!