Devon MNVP is the ICB’s formal partner, responsible for providing the voice of service users to inform development of maternity and neonatal care in the county. Devon MNVP supports the Local Maternity and Neonatal System to ensure services are delivered in a kind, personal and safe way by making sure the service user voice is central to all decision-making and quality oversight.
Evolving Communities is a community interest company which specialises in gathering and reporting people’s views and experiences of health and social care to help drive and guide improvements in services. The company has extensive experience of delivering independent local Maternity and Neonatal Voices Partnerships and has been running Somerset MNVP for several years along with Kernow MNVP and Dorset MNVP, as well as several local Healthwatch services and a broad range of national and local community engagement projects.
Evolving Communities has recently recruited new members of staff (Lara, Helen and Caitlyn) to form the local team – as Senior Lead, MNVP Trust Lead and Volunteer & Engagement Officer –who will raise awareness of Devon MNVP, engage with people who use maternity and neonatal services, and share their feedback and insight with those who provide care to help shape local services.
Lucie Woodruff, CEO of Evolving Communities, said: “To provide quality maternity and neonatal care, services need to understand how to meet the needs of their diverse local communities. We are delighted to be supporting our new Devon MNVP team to connect with local people and champion their views. We look forward to working with maternity and neonatal care professionals to ensure continued development and improvement in Devon, and to sharing good practices across all our MNVP services in Cornwall, Dorset and Somerset.”
Charli Mardon, Devon Maternity Commissioner and Local Maternity and Neonatal System Programme Manager, said: “We are thrilled to welcome Lara, Helen and Caitlyn to the Devon Local Maternity and Neonatal System Team. The voices of families are pivotal to ensuring that our maternity and neonatal services are the best that they can be and reflect the needs of our community. We are looking forward to working with them in continuing to coproduce improvements to our services.”
Find out more about Devon MNVP and get in touch with the team to share your views and experiences about local services or get involved as a volunteer:
- Website: co.uk/devon-mnvp
- Email: info@devonmaternityvoices.org.uk
- Follow on social media: Facebook and Instagram