Governance, Assurance and Improving Quality & Safety in Your Maternity Services

This 2-day course is available to commission only

If you are interested or want further information, please click below and our team will be in touch to discuss how we can support your training needs.

Commissioned courses offer a unique opportunity to enhance training within your trust or organisation. By eliminating travel expenses, your team can learn and grow together in a comfortable and familiar environment, fostering collaboration and connection.

If you’re unsure if commissioning is right for you, we would still love to hear from you. Depending on the number of staff, we would be happy to consider facilitating a block booking.

Please ensure that you have read and understood our terms and conditions before booking.

Relevant For

Any midwife, obstetrician or anaesthetist who covers governance and safety.

Aims & Objectives

To give attendees the knowledge and skills they need to:

• Know what good looks like for board assurance and the Board Assurance Framework
• Move from ‘reassurance’ to ‘assurance’ with maternity data; to problem-sense for maternity safety and “read the signals”
• Knowing what a good action plan is, the impact, and how to implement into practice

Content

Using a combination of formal talks, workshops, and interactive discussions the following topics are covered:

• The national context: a whole system approach (LMNs/ICBs) – why assurance is so important for maternity safety and where we are nationally
• The Board Assurance Framework and how it links with maternity services
• Trust examples and journeys of “what good looks like”
• Benchmarking against national reports, national guidelines, regional / national audits
• Monitoring outcomes and experiences
• What a good action plan looks like
• Monitoring outcomes and experiences through family engagement and outcome data
• “Reading the signals” and problem-sensing
• Practical application and putting it into practice, including presenting to the board and improvement projects

DELEGATE FEEDBACK

“Really engaging sessions, it was great having real life examples and the ability to have MDT discussions.”

“I feel this course has really enhanced my understanding of governance and the terms involved. It’s increased my confidence to get involved with QI projects and quality assurance.”

86% of delegates rated the course quality as ‘Very Good’ or ‘Excellent’.

9 out of 10 delegates told us that the course fulfilled ‘Many’ or ‘All’ of their learning objectives,

93% reported that they intended to modify practice in a minor or major way following the course.