11. What Women Want: Continuity of Carer - Helen Hunt & Steph Leach

This session will share continuity of care from a midwife and new midwives' perspective, illustrating some of the demands and challenges of this approach to care, the importance of planning, and of communication between the team.  

Continuity of care; transforming maternity care for women, babies, and families. Continuity of care has been highlighted for many years as a tool to improve maternity care for mothers and babies since the work of Caroline Flint in the 1980s, and the Changing Childbirth Report in 1994 through to the Better Births and Transformation agenda.  Continuing research and evidence highlight the value of continuity of care, as an intervention that can improve care, reduce problems, and increase satisfaction with the service.  

Episode 11 of Season 3 of the Maternity & Midwifery Hour

Hosted by: 

• Sue Macdonald, Curator, Maternity & Midwifery Festivals; Co-editor, Mayes Midwifery  

Contributions from: 

• Stephanie Leach, Midwife, Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust 
• Helen Hunt, Continuity Care Midwife, Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust