Maternity Partnership

The remit for the Maternity Partnership is to improve outcomes for maternity service users across Newcastle, Northumberland and North Tyneside.

Terms of Reference (pdf, 22kb)

Key Priorities for 2008

To complement and inform the evolving North of Tyne managed clinical network for maternity services.

To ensure patient views are fed into the commissioning process and to service providers via a Maternity Services Liaison committee (MSLC)

To support service integration so that key national and local targets can be met, including:

• Smoking in pregnancy
• Breast feeding
• Maternity Matters
• NSF standards

To monitor progress against targets

To share experience across the patch, taking a North of Tyne approach to service development and redesign where appropriate.

Inform the North of Tyne delivery plan.

Frequency of Meetings

Quarterly

Contacts:

Chair:
Dr David Jones
Email:david.jones3@nhs.net  

Membership

• Voluntary and Community sector
• MSLC
• Lead clinician and manager/s NUTHFT and Northumbria Trust
• Public Health
• GP Representative
• PEC Lead
• NHS North of Tyne lead officer
• Northumbria University
• Regional Midwife
• Children's centres from each locality
• PCO provider services
• Smoking cessation service
• Breast feeding co-ordinator/s