Maternity and Neonatal Independent Senior Advocate Pilot - Supporting you after a distressing experience (an adverse outcome) during your maternity and/or neonatal care.

If you had your maternity and/or neonatal care in South Yorkshire or Bassetlaw, who is your Maternity and Neonatal Independent Senior Advocate (MNISA)?

Abbey Harris

• Abbey might be able to support you if:
• your baby died before or during labour, after more than 24 weeks of pregnancy (known as stillbirth).
• your baby died within 28 days of being born.
• the person who gave birth died.
• you had a hysterectomy (your womb was removed) within 6 weeks of giving birth, and you did not expect this to happen.
• you were cared for on the Intensive Care Unit or High Dependency Unit, and you did not expect this to happen.
• you were told your baby has or might have a brain injury.

• It doesn’t matter if this happened recently or some time ago.
• You don’t need to be sure that something went wrong during the care of you or your loved one.
• Abbey will help make sure your voice is heard. She will make sure that you are supported.
• You don’t have to use Abbey’s service if you don’t want to, and you can stop contact with Abbey at any time without giving a reason.

https://southyorkshire.icb.nhs.uk/your-health/MNISA

Published on 8 March 2024