@PersonCntrdSco #pcic4. NHS Dumfries and Galloway Karen King Consultant Midwife Carol Dick Midwife Practitioner.

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NHS Dumfries and Galloway

Karen KingConsultant Midwife

Carol DickMidwife Practitioner

“It’s all about people and relationships”

“It’s all about people and relationships”

• What mattered to women was they wanted their partners to stay with them after the birth of their baby.

• What mattered to staff was having built up a relationship they did not want to send them home.

What did you like least about your stay?

• “Being on my own when Martin (baby's dad) going home at night.”

• “Leaving my partner, but apart from that nothing.”

• “Being separated from partner at night.”

“A small group of thoughtful people could change the world. Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.”

Margaret Mead

One step at a timeSupporting

Actively listening

Understanding

Testing the change....

What did it actually feel like?

Quotes - women

• “It was essential for me and helpful for my baby that he stay.”

• “I could not have coped without him.”

• “It helped him bond with our baby and he would have worried about me if he hadn’t been here.”

Quotes - staff

• “Women coped better with their partners there.”

• “Women required less support from staff.”

• “Both parents gained confidence more quickly.”

Next steps• Review feedback since

introduction.

• Introduce information in the antenatal period

• Continue to review feedback

What did you like least about your stay?

• The temperature in the room (too hot).

• The room was too hot seagulls outside were very noisy in the night.

Any other comments, ideas or suggestions.

• Fathers should be allowed to stay instead of leaving at 10.

Person centred visiting

• An information sheet about person centred visiting has been developed which includes partners staying over. This is issued in the antenatal period.