Maternity and Neonatal Voices Partnership
In addition to our core functions, we are supporting Maternity and Neonatal Voices Partnerships (MNVP) across Lancashire and South Cumbria. We are hosting the Leads for:
- Preston, Chorley & South Ribble MNVP
- East Lancashire MNVP
- Blackpool, Fylde & Wyre MNVP
- Bay-Wide MNVP
What is Maternity and Neonatal Voices Partnership?
A Maternity and Neonatal Voices Partnership is an independently-led NHS working group for mothers, birthing people and families to share their maternity experiences in Lancashire and South Cumbria with commissioners and providers. By sharing their experiences, they are involved in the design, improvement and implementation of maternity services. This ensures that services are designed to meet the needs of local women, parents and families.
MNVP was introduced after the publication of the ‘Better Births’ National Maternity Review in 2016, which set out a clear vision for maternity services across England to become safer, more personalised, with better mental health care and multi-professional working.
We are looking for volunteers!
Check out our volunteer maternity and neonatal community engagement role here
Your local MNVP Leads
Asiya Shah – Preston, Chorley & South Ribble MNVP Lead
” Hi, I’m Asiya, Lead for Maternity and Neonatal Voices Partnership in the Preston, Chorley, and South Ribble region. Previously, I actively engaged with the Maternity Voices Partnership as a service user representative, sharing my personal experiences through four pregnancies and births—three at Royal Preston and one at home with support from the Ivy team.
I’m a passionate advocate for informed decision and informed choice. I have a professional background of many things including running my own business and being a school governor, most recently volunteering for Families and Babies as a breastfeeding supporter and training as a perinatal doula.
I’m excited to have the opportunity of meeting local families and understanding their unique maternity journeys. Advocating for these families and providing a platform for them to express their experiences is crucial. This initiative aims to bring about positive changes and advancements in our future maternity services. Our focus is on ensuring that the voices of women and their families, particularly those from underrepresented and minority backgrounds, are genuinely heard.”
You can contact Asiya at:
Email: pcsrmnvp@healthwatchlancashire.co.uk
Twitter: @mnvpprestoncsr
Anne Goodwin – East Lancashire MNVP Lead
“Hi, I am Anne Goodwin and I am the Maternity and Neonatal Voices Partnership (MNVP) Lead for East Lancashire. I provide a focus for service user involvement and coproduction with service providers that they use throughout the antenatal, perinatal and postnatal period. I am passionate about ensuring equity of access to excellent and safe maternity and neonatal care, choice and personalisation of the maternity journey and informed consent with clear and consistent evidence-based communication of the risk and benefits of the options offered. I particularly aim to engage with seldom heard communities and those whose baby is admitted to Neonatal Intensive Care.
The East Lancashire footprint covers Ribble Valley, Hyndburn, Pendle, Burnley, Rossendale and Blackburn with Darwen, and maps onto the East Lancashire Hospitals Trust (ELHT) service area. If you have used these services recently and would like to provide feedback, be involved in coproduction work or make a suggestion about maternity and neonatal services in East Lancashire, I would love to hear from you!”
You can contact Anne at:
Email: EastlancsMNVP@healthwatchlancashire.co.uk
Facebook: facebook.com/EastLancsMNVP
Siobhean – Blackpool, Fylde & Wyre MNVP Lead
Hi, I’m Siobhean and I am the Maternity and Neonatal Voices Partnership Lead for Blackpool, Fylde & Wyre (formally Fylde Coast MNVP).
I am here to engage with, and listen to local families about their experiences of maternity and neonatal care, and then work with service providers (midwives, consultants etc) at Blackpool Hospital Trust (BTH) to ensure improvements are made with service users at the centre of all decisions.
If you have used these services recently and would like to provide feedback, be involved in coproduction work or make a suggestion about maternity and neonatal services in Blackpool, Fylde or Wyre, I would love to hear from you.
You can contact Siobhean at:
Email: Blackpoolmnvp@healthwatchlancashire.co.uk.
Twitter: @bfwmnvp
Facebook: facebook.com/BFWMNVP
Janet – Bay-Wide MNVP Lead
Hello, I am Janet Gorry, the Bay-Wide Lead for Maternity and Neonatal Voices Partnership. I am here to engage with and listen to families in the community about their experiences of maternity and neonatal care within Kendal, Lancaster and South Lakes.
As the Bay-Wide lead for Maternity and Neonatal Voices Partnership, I would like to chat with you about your maternity and neonatal experiences. This could be at venues of care such as antenatal or postnatal clinics, health visitor clinics or community baby groups.
If you are using maternity and perinatal services, neonatal families, bereaved families or seldom heard group from the local community and you want to share your experiences of maternity and neonatal care please contact me and we can arrange to meet up.
You can contact Janet at:
Email: Baywidemnvp@healthwatchlancashire.co.uk.
Twitter: @BayWideMNVP
Facebook: facebook.com/BayWideMNVP
If you have feedback about maternity service, contact your local MNVP Lead!
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