Maternity Services Real World Coproduction Workshop Project Report

Report - 19 September 2018

Between 3rd July 2017 and 26th March 2018, Healthwatch Sandwell facilitated three Real World Coproduction Workshops with Maternity Services at City Hospital, part of Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust.

The Real World Coproduction workshops afforded opportunity for women and their support partner to share their experiences of care and generated practical ideas to improve the service, based on the knowledge and these experience of service users and staff.

Positive elements of care were identified and shared, together with over thirty suggestions aimed towards improving the services.

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