| answer text |
<p>The <em>Saving Babies Lives care bundle</em> covers all types of pregnancy, including
multiple pregnancies. The care bundle will be evaluated so that it can be developed
and refined to ensure that it continues to reflect best practice.</p><p> </p><p>The
Maternity Transformation Programme Board will drive forward the implementation of
the National Maternity Review, <em>Better Births</em>, published in February this
year. It will also include work to reduce the rate of stillbirths, neonatal and maternal
deaths in England. The formation of the Board marks a clear step forward towards delivering
the vision laid out in the National Maternity Review, ensuring that key organisations
work together to improve maternity services. <em>Better Births</em> makes recommendations
on the use of data including the development of a set of national indicators to aid
data comparison. NHS England and its delivery partners are developing plans to implement
this and the report’s other recommendations, and as part of this are considering the
case for a national dashboard. A copy of both <em>Better Births</em> and the <em>Saving
Babies Lives</em> care bundle are attached.</p><p> </p><p>The Board held its first
meeting on 8 June 2016 and is chaired by Sarah-Jane Marsh, Chief Executive of Birmingham
Children’s Hospital and Birmingham Women’s Hospital. The Board members and the organisations
they represent are detailed in the following table.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England and
its delivery partners are developing plans to implement the vision set out in <em>Better
Births</em>, the report of the National Maternity Review. These plans are likely to
include commissioning guidance.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Person</p></td><td><p>Organisation</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sarah-Jane
Marsh</p></td><td><p>Chair</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jane Cummings</p></td><td><p>Senior
Responsible Officer, Chief Nursing Officer</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Keith Willett</p></td><td><p>Deputy
Chair, Medical Director for Acute Care, NHS England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Matthew
Jolly</p></td><td><p>Clinical lead (obstetrics) / workstream lead (data)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jacqueline
Dunkley-Bent</p></td><td><p>Clinical lead (midwifery)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dame
Julia Cumberlege</p></td><td><p>Stakeholder Reference Group Chair / Clinical Commissioning
Group Improvement and Assessment Framework Panel Chair</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Flora
Goldhill</p></td><td><p>Department of Health / workstream lead (best practice for
safer care)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wendy Reid / Bill Irish</p></td><td><p>Health
Education England / workstream lead (workforce)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Viv Bennett</p></td><td><p>Public
Health England / workstream lead (public health)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ruth May</p></td><td><p>NHS
Improvement (Director of Nursing)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mike Durkin</p></td><td><p>NHS
Improvement (Director of Patient Safety)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jimmy Walker</p></td><td><p>Care
Quality Commission</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lauren Hughes</p></td><td><p>NHS England
/workstream lead (local transformation)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>James Sanderson</p></td><td><p>NHS
England / workstream lead (choice and personalisation)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Simon
Medcalf</p></td><td><p>NHS England / workstream lead (perinatal mental health)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tom
Denwood</p></td><td><p>NHS Digital / workstream lead (technology)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Martin
Campbell</p></td><td><p>NHS England / workstream lead (pricing)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>David
Richmond</p></td><td><p>Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cathy
Warwick</p></td><td><p>Royal College of Midwives</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nigel Acheson</p></td><td><p>Regional
delivery lead / Regional Medical Director, South</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Roz Lindridge</p></td><td><p>Clinical
Networks maternity lead / East Midlands Associate Director, Clinical Networks and
Senate</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
|
|
