Improving me

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The NHS across health and social care in Merseyside, Wirral, Warrington and West Lancashire (MWWWL) have a bold and exciting vision to improve the maternity experience across their geographical footprint. The ‘Improving ME’ Programme aims to support a sustainable and cost effective range of maternity services that meets the needs of their local communities today and in the future. The objectives of the Improving ME Programme are:

• To provide safe, high quality, equitable maternity services.
• To reduce variation across maternity services and improve outcomes.
• To offer informed choices for ante-natal, birth and post-natal care.
• To deliver excellent experiences for women, babies and their families.
• To align with other reviews and NHS priorities which promote localised service delivery.
• To support individuals in prioritising their own health and wellbeing by adopting facilitative and enabling approaches which support individuals to be more autonomous and in control.

Parents and carers, we know how exhausting and lonely crying can feel. Remember:Crying is normalYou are not a bad parent...
24/09/2025

Parents and carers, we know how exhausting and lonely crying can feel.
Remember:
Crying is normal
You are not a bad parent
It’s OK to step away for a few minutes if your baby is safe

Looking after your mental health matters
Keep your baby safe, and keep yourself safe too.

It's & this year's theme is 'Safe care for every newborn & every child'.Improving Me, our Local Maternity & Neonatal S...
17/09/2025

It's & this year's theme is 'Safe care for every newborn & every child'.

Improving Me, our Local Maternity & Neonatal System (LMNS) expert colleagues have been working to develop guidelines to provide the best evidence-based care for all.

The North West Regional Guidelines have been created with experts from the region, including Cheshire and Merseyside Local Maternity and Neonatal System (LMNS), to provide the best evidence-based practice for all our service users.

These include clinical escalation, fetal growth restriction, induction of labour, intrapartum fetal monitoring, epilepsy in pregnancy, management of postpartum haemorrhage, diabetes in pregnancy management, management of preterm birth, management of fetal loss, reduced fetal movement, management of when waters break early (PPROM), transfer of women and babies from a community setting to hospital.

We are to be for the Maternity and Midwifery Services Initiative of the Year at the HSJ Patient Safety Awards 2025!A...
10/09/2025

We are to be for the Maternity and Midwifery Services Initiative of the Year at the HSJ Patient Safety Awards 2025!

Alongside the Cheshire and Merseyside Cancer Alliance NHS C&M ICB our work on reducing smoking in pregnancy rates across Cheshire and Merseyside has been shortlisted.


If you’re pregnant or a new mum, you need a maternity exemption certificate to get free NHS prescriptions. Ask your midw...
20/08/2025

If you’re pregnant or a new mum, you need a maternity exemption certificate to get free NHS prescriptions.

Ask your midwife about a digital certificate
today: www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/matex

Get your maternity exemption certificate instantly by email. It entitles you to free NHS prescriptions. Ask your midwife or health visitor about the digitalmaternity exemption certificate today: www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/matex

If you’re pregnant or have given birth in the last year, you can get free NHS prescriptions with a maternity exemption certificate. To apply, speak to your midwife of heath visitor: www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/matex

An NHS maternity exemption certificate entitles you to free NHS prescriptions. You can also use it whilst pregnant to show you’re entitled to free NHS dental treatment. Ask your midwife about a digital certificate today:
www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/matex

If you are pregnant, it's important to get the whooping cough vaccine to protect your newborn baby, as they are at great...
20/08/2025

If you are pregnant, it's important to get the whooping cough vaccine to protect your newborn baby, as they are at greatest risk.

Find out more by searching 'whooping couch vaccination' at nhs.uk

The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends exclusively breastfeeding for the first six months, then introducing soli...
20/08/2025

The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends exclusively breastfeeding for the first six months, then introducing solids, along side breastfeeding.

When it comes to each individual feed, every mother and baby is different.

Some babies will feed for a shorter period of time and more often, some babies will feed less frequently but for longer, some babies will do a mixture of the two.

When baby has finished on one breast, you can offer the other. Baby will let you know when they have finished.

Speak to your midwife, health visitor, lactation consultant or visit a breastfeeding support group for more information, advice and support.

Can I attend a breastfeeding support group before baby arrives? Yes, and it’s a great idea to! Attending a group befo...
18/08/2025

Can I attend a breastfeeding support group before baby arrives? Yes, and it’s a great idea to!

Attending a group before baby arrives gives you time to ask questions, practice hold positions with a doll and learn more about feeding. In addition, it’s a great opportunity to meet other new parents and get familiar with the group set up and staff/ breastfeeding supporter.

There are lots of local support groups around Cheshire and Merseyside. Speak to your midwife about groups in your area.

During running, the impact of each step increases the downward force acting through your pelvic floor muscles, meaning t...
18/08/2025

During running, the impact of each step increases the downward force acting through your pelvic floor muscles, meaning that they must work harder to maintain your continence.

During pregnancy or in the postnatal period when the pelvic floor muscles have often become weaker or less responsive, this demand on the pelvic floor muscles can be too much, leading to leakage.

Practicing your pelvic floor muscle exercises and progressively returning to higher impact exercises may help you.

It’s never too early or too late to give up smoking.Even if you have tried to give up before, don’t give up on giving up...
16/08/2025

It’s never too early or too late to give up smoking.

Even if you have tried to give up before, don’t give up on giving up.

Celebrate every smoke-free day, talk to your bump and tell them how well you are doing.

You’ve got this!

The Cheshire and Merseyside Infant Feeding Strategy is now here! NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Local Maternity and Neonata...
16/08/2025

The Cheshire and Merseyside Infant Feeding Strategy is now here!

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Local Maternity and Neonatal System (LMNS) is proud to launch a new Breastfeeding and Infant Feeding Strategy, developed in partnership with a wide range of partners and groups across the region.

Our shared vision is clear: to promote, protect and support optimum nutrition for infants, reduce poor health outcomes and inequalities, and ensure parents and infants are supported to breastfeed for as long as they want to.

To read the strategy and to find out more head over to https://improvingme.org.uk/maternity/infant-feeding-strategy/

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