Maternity and Neonatal Shared Learning Event – March 2025

Event programme

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Topics shared

NHS South East maternity services: What can the region do for us? – Catherine Greenwood, Consultant in Obstetrics & Fetomaternal Medicine, Oxford University Hospitals; South East Obstetric Lead

• Read and download the presentation: NHS Southeast Region, Maternity Service: What can the region do for us?

Improving perinatal outcomes: How are we doing and can we avoid unintended consequences? – Dr Eleri Adams, Consultant Neonatologist, Oxford University Hospitals; President, British Association of Perinatal Medicine (BAPM); NHS Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) Neonatal Clinical Lead

• Read and download the presentation: Improving perinatal outcomes, how we are doing and can we avoid unintended consequences

Active bystander training – Carina Okiki, train–the-trainer programme co-lead; Specialist Equality, Diversity and Inclusion midwife, Oxford University Hospitals

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Learning from Perinatal Mortality Review Tool (PMRT) reviews – Professor Jenny Kurinczuk, Emeritus Professor of Perinatal Epidemiology; National Programme Lead PMRT

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Moments of curiosity and conversation – Dr Matt Hill, Consultant Anaesthetist, University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust; National Patient Safety Lead, PCLP, NHS England

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Implementing an improvement system in the maternity and neonatal service – Maxine Webb, QI Manager, & Michelle East, Director of Midwifery, Buckinghamshire Healthcare

• Read and download the presentation: Implementing an improvement system in the maternity and neonatal service

A perfect storm: How to unintentionally create a maternity crisis – Andrew Weeks, Professor of International Maternal Health, University of Liverpool and Consultant Obstetrician

• Read and download the presentation: A Perfect Storm: How to unintentionally create a maternity crisis

Slough culturally competent genetic service – Lindsay Maida, Maternity and Infant Public Health Lead, Frimley LMNS

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Implementation of uterine artery Dopplers for women at high risk of Fetal Growth Restriction (FGR): the challenges and triumphs – Nicola Rose-Stone, Consultant Midwife, & Natalie Kylie, Deputy Lead Sonographer, Frimley Health

• Read and download the presentation: Implementation of uterine artery Dopplers for women at high risk of FGR: the challenges and triumphs

Poster prize winners

1. First prize: Ultrasound assisted lumbar puncture in neonates – Manas Mishra, Praful Boda, Prasanna E, Sarvesh Thakur, MTI Neonatal Fellows, Oxford University Hospitals
2. Second prize: Preventing Stillbirth: Patient and Public Involvement in Research ​ – Younger A¹, Miyazaki Sankar¹, Villar de Onis J², Craik R^1,2, Papageorghiou AT^1,2 1) Nuffield Department of Women’s and Reproductive Health, University of Oxford​, 2) Oxford Maternal and Perinatal Health Institute, University of Oxford
3. Third prize: The Safe Birth Project, a programme to reduce perinatal mortality and morbidity in rural Zimbabwe – Michelle East, Director of Midwifery, & Irene Chipuriro, Midwife, Buckinghamshire Healthcare

Evaluation and learning

A full breakdown of the feedback can be found here: SLE Feedback March 2025