Who Are We?
We are an independently led working group of maternity service users, NHS staff, partner organisations and charities who are passionate about improving maternity care for all.
What do we do?
We work with our partners to ensure the varied voices of women, birthing people and families across Grampian feel included and represented. We do this by:
- engaging with our communities
- sharing experiences, views and ideas
- gathering and reviewing feedback
- contributing to service improvement projects
Our Aims
- Represent the wide range of voices in our communities
- Contribute toward the growth of a high quality, family-centred, compassionate maternity service
- Strengthen relationships between the service and partners
- Provide opportunity to be involved in how services are designed and delivered
Get involved
We are always looking for new members. If you share our aims and passion for improving maternity services and are interested in becoming a member, we would love to hear from you.
Email: aberdeenandshiremvp@gmail.com
MVP Survey
Below you can download the Grampian MVP Maternity Survey Reports which looked at maternity experiences in Grampian.
2024 Survey Reports:
2020-2022 Survey Reports:
Feedback
If you would like to share feedback with the MVP you can do so here Share your comments & suggestions with the Grampian MVP – Birth in Grampian (scot.nhs.uk)
What have we achieved?
The list is extensive but highlights include;
- Driving improvements in infant feeding by giving feedback, suggesting improvements and working with NHSG
- Improving bereavement and pregnancy loss care by facilitating the development of close and collaborative relationships between bereavement charities and NHSG
- Making morphine prescriptions accessible to all mums for homebirths following new procedure and education roll out to GP practices
- Improved links with and between other NHS teams (Neonatal) and institutes (Robert Gordon University) the Scottish Government and other MVP’s across the country.
The group’s recent/current projects include;
- Surveying women on the information provided to them about induction of labour
- Development of the Birth in Grampian website
- Co-production of a place of birth leaflet