Maternity and Neonatal Voices Partnership Coordination Service - NHS Black Country ICB

NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands CSU on behalf of NHS Black Country Integrated Care Board are seeking suitably qualified and experienced organisations to express an interest in providing their Maternity and Neonatal Voices Partnership Coordination Service. The Black Country Local Maternity and Neonatal System (LMNS) is a partnership of organisations who work with pregnant and birthing people, their families and healthcare staff to improve maternity and neonatal services, making them safer, more personal and kinder to people who use them.

The LMNS’s work covers Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton. The LMNS is implementing NHS England’s Three Year Delivery Plan for Maternity and Neonatal services by: • Listening to and working with pregnant and birthing people and their families • Growing, retaining and supporting the workforce • Developing and sustaining a culture of safety, learning and support • Implementing standards and structures for safer, more personalised, and more equitable care Every baby deserves to have the best start in life, and the LMNS will help by supporting good health in pregnancy.

Reducing health inequalities and addressing differences in outcomes is important and the LMNS is committed to co-producing work with people who live and work in the Black Country. The Black Country Maternity and Neonatal Voices Partnerships (MNVPs) are a key part of the LMNS and have a vital role in ensuring that the views and experiences of service users are heard and acted on.

There are four MNVPs in the Black Country, which are: • Dudley MNVP • Sandwell MNVP • Walsall MNVP • Wolverhampton MNVP The Black Country MNVP Coordination Service is responsible for supporting and coordinating the work of the 4 MNVPs, ensuring that each MNVP chairperson and partnership is able to fulfil their role as fully as possible, and to take the lead on common issues which are best approached at a Black Country wide footprint. Interested organisations are invited to access and complete the relevant tender documentation by visiting https://atamis-1928.my.site.com/s/Welcome and searching for the Maternity and Neo-Natal Voices Partnership Coordinator Service ref: C350190.