Maternity and Neonatal Voices Matters: summary of follow up activity 2025
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Healthwatch Blackburn with Darwen, Healthwatch Blackpool, Healthwatch Cumberland, Healthwatch Lancashire and Healthwatch Westmorland and Furness set out a summary of the follow up activity they had undertaken to follow up their 2024 work on maternity and neonatal care.
During April and May 2025, each Healthwatch undertook a tailored approach to assessing impact in their local Trust, following last years reports. It was decided that individual Healthwatch would review recommendations made to their local Trust and evaluate any changes that have been made. From this, each Healthwatch decided which Trust site to revisit for and Enter and View, as well as interviewing Trust representatives for information and speak to women and families individually to gather personal experiences.
Alongside this, Healthwatch Together produced a joint campaign to raise awareness around the importance of the 6-8 week postnatal checks following the joint recommendation made in the previous roadshow report. They spoke to 100 people.
The report looks at:
- Follow up enter and view visits of maternity wards and ante-natal clinics
- Feedback from women who had recently accessed maternity care
- Interviews with Trusts
- The impact of their campaign about the 6 - 8 week postnatal check.