Working together to improve care for women facing disadvantage and inequality

During 2019/20 Birth Companions and North Central London Local Maternity System (NCLLMS) were funded by NHS England and NHS Improvement to run an innovative project to:

1. Engage with maternity system stakeholders to understand how the needs of women experiencing disadvantage were being addressed, and highlight the challenges and opportunities for the LMS with this group;
    
2. Work with Maternity Voices Partnerships (MVPs) to build representation of women with lived experience of disadvantage and inequality;
    
3. Establish recommendations for continued work to:
   – Better address the needs of women experiencing disadvantage;
   – Maintain and develop engagement with the MVPs across NCLLMS.