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This week, Birth Voices East user reps had a virtual meeting with the Better Birth's midwife Alana. It is Alana's role to seek quality improvement across the maternity services offered by James Paget University Hospital (JPUH) and to do this she needs to hear from pregnant people, new parents and their families that use the service. At this time, whilst we are all experiencing the Coronavirus outbreak, maternity services offered by JPUH, have had to change. Alana said "we understand that we've made lots of changes right now and we'd like to know how women are feeling about this". With this in mind the MVP have generated a simple survey, below. The survey is important because it helps the maternity staff know what is working well for pregnant people, new parents and their families, and what areas there are concerns about. We will collate and analyse the feedback we receive and share this back to Alana and the leadership team who design the services you use. You might feel that alone, your opinions and feelings about your maternity care (whether good or bad) would not make a difference, but by speaking as a group, we can make sure your voices are taken seriously and services can be designed to suit the needs of you, the people that are using them. Your response is anonymous and you will not receive a response. we do not ask for any identifiable information, if you would like to receive updates about the work done by Birth Voices East, please fill out the Contact Form and we can add you to our mailing list. Please share the survey. Privacy statement: We will use the personal information that you provide in this form in accordance with applicable data protection laws and our Privacy Policy – available at nationalmaternityvoices.org.uk/privacy This information is being collected by your local Maternity Voices Partnership to gain a better understanding of current local maternity services so that improvements can be made in the future. We will process your personal information in order to deliver this service safely and effectively, and where otherwise reasonably necessary for our purposes. You can expect your personal information to be stored securely. It will be kept on our systems for as long as is necessary for the relevant activity We will not share your personal information (contact information) with anyone else without your explicit prior consent. Your responses will be anonymised and only used for the purpose of improving local maternity services. If you would like to find out more about your local MVP and the work that we do, please contact us You can also contact us at any time to ask for your personal information to be updated or deleted.
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Tara
2/5/2020 08:21:28 am
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Josefa
2/5/2020 06:41:25 pm
My worst experience ever
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Bella
2/5/2020 08:01:23 pm
Attending 1st scan alone is an awful prospect when you have history of miscarriage. I've not had mine yet but it's an increasing anxiety, moreso than coronavirus. I completely understand the reason why this decision has been taken but I wonder if there's another way. The team are amazing & have good comms but this is a tough one for me.
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Kelly
4/5/2020 11:28:42 am
Some of the staff come across as very stand offish I arrived into the department like I’d done something wrong. I appreciate we are in difficult times and the questions need to be asked but it could be done in a better more polite manner.
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Naomi
8/5/2020 08:43:53 am
I agree with this, no smiles from the reception staff not in masks!
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Courtney
5/5/2020 11:23:27 am
My experience was fantastic which i never thought I’d say during a pandemic. Staff were amazing, i disagree with the comments being made that the staff were “off” because who wouldn’t be off during this circumstance! They’re worried and concerned just like we all are. My care before and after my daughter has been incredible. You should all be very proud of yourselves during this awful time.
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Emily
8/5/2020 10:44:04 am
Delivery suite and the Midwife’s during labour really were amazing and you forgot all about the outside world. I haven’t experienced the service before as first child but I imagine you were not treated any different to what you normally would be.
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Hannah
12/5/2020 08:14:37 am
Completely understand the need to keep women and staff safe but please consider options to allow partners into scans.
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