We are delighted to announce that the Local Maternity Neonatal System (LMNS) will be hosting a recognition event. The day will offer an opportunity to recognise our maternity and neonatal staff across Hampshire and Isle of Wight. The chance to nominate colleagues are now open! Nominate someone here.
Nominations will close on the 15th of September and the event will be held on 25 October 2024, at DoubleTree by Hilton, Southampton Bracken Place, Chilworth, Southampton, SO16 3NG.
For further information please contact the team at hiowicb-hsi.shiplmns@nhs.net.
Award Category Guidance
Listening to and working with women and families with compassion
Covers: Personalised Care/ Support Plans, Pelvic Health Services, Perinatal Mental Health Services, Bereavement Services, Increasing neonatal cot capacity, Reducing inequalities, Supporting equity and Working with service users to improve care.
The panel will be looking for:
- Raising awareness the voices of our service users and the impact of support can have on outcomes for women and their family
- Works in partnership with MNVPs or other parent groups to inform and influence service change
- Shows evidence of an initiative or service development which has worked in practice to improve care
- Demonstrate success in identifying and referring and signposting women for care and support and understand the context of local service provision
- Has delivered a standard of care beyond that reasonably expected from all maternity and neonatal staff
- Securing appropriate care and services for individual women and their families
Growing, retaining and supporting our workforce
Covers: Growing our workforce Staff retention and recruitment Investing in skills, ongoing training and career development Supporting, developing equity in workforce Leadership in workforce and Clinical practice.
The panel are looking for:
- A contribution over and above to support, nurture, inspire and assist colleagues
- Evidence of the respect and admiration of colleagues with lived experiences
- A champion for change in cultures, attitudes and behaviours that improve either the experiences or outcomes for Black, Asian, Ethnic maternity service users, staff or within Higher Education Institutions
Developing and sustaining a culture of safety, learning and support
Covers: Develop a positive safety culture, Supporting families involved in incidents compassionately and ensuring learning, Listening and action upon issues raised by staff or service users, Quality improvement in care and Leadership in safety culture.
The panel will be looking for,
- A clear description of the initiative and its development
- The evidence base underpinning this and identification of any evidence being generated
- Evaluation of impact of project including sustainability, transferability and lessons learnt
Standards and structures that underpin safer, more personalised, and more equitable care
Covers: Standards to ensure best practice (SBLCB, MEWs/NEWTT-2 etc) and Data to inform learning Making use of digital technology.
The panel will be looking for,
- Has delivered an outstanding project, change or innovation to improve that provides an example for others to follow safer, more personalised, and more equitable care
- Can provide a clear description of the initiative and the rationale for its development
- Can demonstrate the impact of their initiative, evidencing how it worked in practice to improve care
- Can evidence sustainability and how the change has been embedded in practice
Lifetime achievement
This award seeks to recognise an individual who makes an outstanding contribution to their profession and/or the experience of others through their initiatives and/or leadership. This award is to honour and celebrate an extraordinary unsung hero.
The panel will be looking for,
- Demonstrates vision and leadership potential and commitment to maternity and neonatal services
- Acts as an advocate and role model
- Contributes extra time and effort to maternity services through commitment to development of maternity services
- Demonstrates cultural humility and a desire to learn from others in different contexts
- Evidence of commitment to sharing learning with peers and the wider maternity and neonatal community