Can you make a difference to maternity care in Manchester?
Would you enjoy listening to local people’s experiences of maternity care? Can you help turn that feedback into positive action with midwives and doctors to make birth better? Can you chair a meeting or are you willing to learn? Have you had experience of maternity care in North Manchester or Manchester/Trafford or work with people who do?
Then you could be the new lay chair of our Maternity Voices Partnership for North Manchester or engagement lead for our three MVPs covering Manchester and Trafford.
We are keen to attract people from a diverse range of backgrounds to work with our diverse communities.
A Maternity Voices Partnership, or MVP, is an independent NHS working group: a team of women, birthing people and their families, midwives, doctors and commissioners, working together to review and develop local maternity care. The chair and engagement lead makes sure the voices of expectant and new parents are at the heart of decisions about how maternity services should be provided.
The North Manchester MVP chair role is for 4 days a month (32 hours, worked flexible) and the engagement role is for 2 days a month (16 hours, worked flexible).
If being the chair or engagement lead doesn’t interest you, but you still want to help improve maternity care, then you can volunteer with the MVP.
applications
Download the application documents:
- North Manchester MVP Chair Role Description
- Manchester & Trafford MVPs Engagement Role Description
- MVP Lead Application Pack
- MVP Lead Application Form
- Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form
Get in touch if you would like to know more. Speak to Cathy or Natalie on 07908 736080 (WhatsApp, phone or text message), email hello@voicesforchoices.org.uk or contact us via Instagram @VoicesForChoices.Ston