St Helens Maternity Voices Partnership

04/11/2022

If you're over 12 weeks pregnant and a resident of Halton, St Helens or Knowsley,
you can now book your place on the Birth and Beyond course online to help you prepare for labour, birth, and life with a baby
Led by NCT Practitioners, Birth and Beyond is an interactive 6-hour online course, designed for pregnant women/people and their partners to attend between 28 and 36 weeks pregnant, delivered through a mixture of Zoom and WhatsApp.
Book online at nct.org.uk/STHKAntenatal or text BUMP to 66777

03/10/2022

North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust is holding a FREE online session to show you how to perform CPR on a baby or child giving you the skills to help save a precious life. We hope you never, ever need to use it, but equipping yourself with these skills could make a massive difference.
Thursday 13 October, 10:30am, joining instructions/information: https://www.nwas.nhs.uk/news/learn-how-to-restart-a-heart-free-online-session/

We’re holding an online session on cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for babies and children as it is given differently to adults. You can join in and learn to be a lifesaver – all you need is a cushion, access to the internet, Microsoft Teams and 45 minutes.

12/09/2022

Monday 19th September has been declared a national bank holiday for the State Funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

We would like to reassure patients that if your appointment is affected by this, you will be contacted by either telephone or post.

If you do not hear from us, please continue to attend your appointment as planned.

If you would rather not attend on this date, the best way to rearrange is via the online Outpatients Appointment Form on our website https://www.sthk.nhs.uk/your-appointment

Our staff appreciate your patience and support at this time.

Thank you.

31/08/2022

The Friday morning Infant Feeding drop in sessions are back at Whiston Hospital for the first time since Covid. These saved my sanity many times during the early days of feeding. If you need feeding support, they're a great place to drop in to.

29/07/2022

At St Helens Maternity Voices Partnership we get loads of positive feedback from women about their experience of having a baby at Whiston. We share that with the teams - to say thank you and also so they know what's working.
We also get feedback about stuff that wasn't so great. We share that with the teams too, to help shape what they do and where things might need to change.
Whatever your experience, please share it with us so we can use it to make a difference to maternity care in St Helens. You can share your experience using our online survey anytime - www.tinyurl.com/sthelensmvp1 or if you'd rather have a chat with someone, drop us an email at sthelensmvp@gmail.com

29/07/2022

22/07/2022

Quit smoking during pregnancy or struggled to?

We would love to hear your views. Complete the survey to share your experiences ⬇️

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15/07/2022

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11/07/2022

🤰🫄 If you're over 12 weeks pregnant and live in St Helens or Knowsley, you can now book your place on the Birth and Beyond course online to help you prepare for labour, birth, and life with a baby 🤰🫄

The course is free and was created in partnership with midwives from St Helens. Led by NCT Practitioners, Birth and Beyond is an interactive 6-hour online course, designed for pregnant women/people and their partners to attend between 28 and 36 weeks pregnant, delivered through a mixture of Zoom and WhatsApp.

Book online at nct.org.uk/STHKAntenatal or text BUMP to 66777

07/07/2022

Our next MVP meeting is this Friday, 8 July 9.30am-11am on Teams.

Anyone is welcome to join us. I'll be sharing the feedback I'm hearing from women with representatives from the hospital, health visiting and other services. And we'll be hearing about any actions they've taken as a result of previous feedback.

Its always really powerful when we hear direct from women about their own experience. If you'd like to join us to share your story of having a baby recently in St Helens - positive or negative - do let me know. We'd love to hear it and it really helps the service providers understand what's working well and where they need to make changes.

St Helens Maternity Voices Meeting
Friday 8 July 2022 @ 09:30am-11am
Online via Teams: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NTAxY2I1OTMtYzMzZC00ODQyLThmNjctODczZjQyZWYwNzFk%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22db1c1980-5476-4e1a-9206-3f5fea2efca0%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%2200a23564-fed6-40fc-aee3-3647a06c1127%22%7d

05/07/2022

This is today if anyone can spare an hour. Lunch included and children welcome.

04/07/2022

This is tomorrow if you've a bit of free time to drop in. Babies and children welcome too.

27/06/2022

Are you a or ?

Improving me invite you to a drop-in lunch at Library on Tuesday 5th July 2022, 11.30am - 2.30pm where you can give you views on how they can help more women give up smoking when pregnant!

To register to attend, email info@improvingme.org.uk

What's On In St.Helens St Helens Borough Council St Helens Wellbeing St Helens Maternity Voices Partnership St Helens and Whiston Hospitals

23/06/2022

🤰🫄 If you're over 12 weeks pregnant and a resident of St Helens or Knowsley, you can now book your place on the Birth and Beyond course online to help you prepare for labour, birth, and life with a baby 🤰🫄

Led by NCT Practitioners, Birth and Beyond is an interactive 6-hour online course, designed for pregnant women/people and their partners to attend between 28 and 36 weeks pregnant, delivered through a mixture of Zoom and WhatsApp.

Book online at nct.org.uk/STHKAntenatal or text BUMP to 66777

16/06/2022

If you know someone in St Helens who is more than 12 weeks pregnant, let them know that they can sign up for their free online antenatal education now by texting BUMP to 66777.

It's been developed to fill the gap created when antenatal classes stopped during Covid. It'scompletely free to access, created in partnership with local midwives and delivered online by NCT. If you're more than 12 weeks pregnant, you can sign up to book your place by texting BUMP to 66777.

10/06/2022

I need to say thank you. I received an award last night for my leadership of St Helens MVP. For the way we've used feedback from over 300 women in the last year to help drive improvement in maternity services.
That would never have happened if you hadn't shared that feedback in the first place - so thank you! Thanks to everyone who's given feedback online, spoken to me at events or on the phone or sent me an email. I realise that feedback hasn't always been easy to share, sometimes people are sharing things they'd really rather forget. But please know that every bit of feedback we get does make a difference. We use it to spot themes of things that are clearly going well, and things that need looking at. Thank you xx (and if you know anyone who's has a baby recently and is willing to share their experience, the online survey is always open www.tinyurl.com/sthelensmvp1 or email sthelensmvp@gmail.com ☺️

30/05/2022

Antenatal education stopped during Covid and your feedback told us that had a huge negative impact on women. Our local NHS used that feedback to bid for extra money to get antenatal education started again. And here it is - completely free to access, created in partnership with local midwives and delivered online by NCT. If you're pregnant now or know someone who is, please don't miss out on the chance to sign up.

Expecting your first baby in St Helens or Knowsley?

NCT's Preparation for Birth and Beyond antenatal education programme is provided between 28 - 36 weeks of pregnancy.

The 6-hour interactive online course aims to prepare pregnancy women for the birth of their baby and the early days of parenting

Booking is now open and places can be booked by texting BUMP to 66777. The courses can be booked from 12 weeks of pregnancy.