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COMMUNITY MIDWIFERY
June Lee
Community Midwifery and Outpatients Matron
Women and Family Service
• Mid Yorkshire NHS Trust (Births 6200
• Three Community teams , 3 Team
leader,79 Midwives,4 Maternity Support
Workers, 3 Link workers (DDH site) and 3
Community Administrators
• Pontefract Midwife led Unit
Our Focus
• To provide safe, effective ,evidenced
based care to women and families
• Facilitate birth choices
• Refer and sign post to other agencies
when required
• Deliver the Public Health agenda
• Engaging women and families to make
Life improvements
What we do
• Each woman has a named midwife.
• We aim to provide continuity of caregiver,
antenatal and postnatal period.
• Care is at GP surgeries, home settings,
children centers ‘drop ins’.
• Birth prep classes, day and evening.
• Home birth service, water birth pool
service. Support to the Midwife led Unit/
Acute unit
Taking care Into the community
Making a Difference
• Commitment working together to provide a
high standard of care
• Women and families are valued and
respected as individuals with unique and
varied needs.
• We aim to facilitate a positive birth
experience which is safe, sensitive,
supportive and friendly.
• We aim for women to feel in control when
making choices with support from team.
Happy Midwives
• Involving the team and valuing
contributions.
Challenges and Opportunities
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Working with the constraints of the NHS
Equality Diversity
Life style changes and emerging population trends
Public expectations and the media
Midwife retention and engagement
Health promotion
Better Outcomes for women and families
Reducing perinatal morbidity and mortalitiy rates
Striving for excellence
Moving Forward
National maternity Service
Review 2016
Happy Families
• Friends and Family Feedback.
“PERSONAL, QUALITY CARE” “EASY TO TALK TOO” “INFORMATIVE, FRIENDLY”
“PROFESSIONALY REASSURING” “VERY GOOD CARE” “MIDWIFE LOVELY”
“SAFE” “GOOD CONTINUITY” “ABLE TO GET IN CONTACT” “VERY HELPFUL”
“WENT ABOVE AND BEOND EXPECTATIONS””VERY CARING” “PERFECT CARE”
“THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR EXCELLENT CARE” “LISTENED AND AVAILABLE”
“SO CARING” “HOMEBIRTH GROUP IS SO SUPPORTIVE AND POSITIVE”
“MY MIDWIFE MADE A DIFFICULT TIME MUCH EASIER”
Thank you. Any Questions?