{"id":35196,"date":"2024-12-02T14:26:27","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T14:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/?page_id=35196"},"modified":"2026-02-17T10:42:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T10:42:58","slug":"maternity-and-neonatal-equity-and-equality-action-plan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/ro\/maternity-and-neonatal-equity-and-equality-action-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Planul de ac\u021biune pentru echitate \u0219i egalitate \u00een materie de maternitate \u0219i neonatologie"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"assembler_default-group assembler_module_group assembler_default-group_1 assembler_module_group_1\"><div class=\"assembler_module_area assembler_module_area_1\"><div class=\"assembler_text-module assembler_module assembler_text-module_1 assembler_module_1  transparent\"><a tabindex=\"-1\" title=\"Section titled module-1\" id=\"module-1\" href=\"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35196\/#module-1\" class=\"anchor\"><span class=\"hidden\">Section titled module-1<\/span><\/a><!-- Template found for text-module - Template: template-text - Matched: _only --><section class=\"w-full mx-auto max-w-content pt-12 sm:pt-24 pb-3 sm:pb-6\">\n    <div class=\"flex gap-11 md:grid md:grid-cols-2 flex-col\">\n    <div class=\"entry-content\">\n      <h1>Maternity and Neonatal Equity and Equality Action Plan<\/h1>\n<p>This page sets out how Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire ICB will continue to work towards achieving Maternity Services equity and equality outcomes for our women and their families, for the population of Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.<\/p>\n<p>This will be achieved through working closely with our acute maternity service providers \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbt.nhs.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">North Bristol Trust (NBT)<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uhbw.nhs.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">University Hospitals Bristol and Weston (UBHW)<\/a>\u00a0within local hospital and community settings.<\/p>\n<p>Our improvements will be based on service user and population data, and working towards achieving specific equitable maternity outcomes where inequality is evident.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"entry-content\">\n      <p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-24453 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AdobeStock_556037907-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"Happy mother carrying and kissing on newborn baby on their head.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AdobeStock_556037907-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AdobeStock_556037907-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AdobeStock_556037907-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AdobeStock_556037907-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AdobeStock_556037907-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AdobeStock_556037907-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AdobeStock_556037907-1320x880.jpeg 1320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n    <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section><\/div><!-- .assembler_text-module.assembler_module.assembler_text-module_1.assembler_module_1..transparent --><div class=\"assembler_text-module assembler_module assembler_text-module_2 assembler_module_2  bg-pale-grey text-black\"><a tabindex=\"-1\" title=\"Section titled module-2\" id=\"module-2\" href=\"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35196\/#module-2\" class=\"anchor\"><span class=\"hidden\">Section titled module-2<\/span><\/a><!-- Template found for text-module - Template: template-text - Matched: _only --><section class=\"w-full mx-auto max-w-content pt-3 sm:pt-6 pb-3 sm:pb-6\">\r\n  <div class=\"entry-content w-full !px-0 max-w-small\">\r\n        <h2>What is the difference between equity and equality?<\/h2>\n<p>Although equity and equality are often used interchangeably, they are very different.<\/p>\n<p>Equality means that everybody has the same resources and opportunities, regardless of their circumstance. Equality is a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Equity is recognising that individuals and their backgrounds have strengths and limitations, meaning that some will require more support than others to ensure equity. Our plans will focus on equity in order to achieve equality.<\/p>\n<h2>What is an outcome?<\/h2>\n<p>Outcomes are the result of care which individuals receive. For example, a preterm baby in good health returning home is what we always strive for.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\r\n  <\/section><\/div><!-- .assembler_text-module.assembler_module.assembler_text-module_2.assembler_module_2..bg-pale-grey text-black --><div class=\"assembler_text-module assembler_module assembler_text-module_3 assembler_module_3  transparent\"><a tabindex=\"-1\" title=\"Section titled module-3\" id=\"module-3\" href=\"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35196\/#module-3\" class=\"anchor\"><span class=\"hidden\">Section titled module-3<\/span><\/a><!-- Template found for text-module - Template: template-text - Matched: _only --><section class=\"w-full mx-auto max-w-content pt-0 sm:pt-0 pb-3 sm:pb-6\">\r\n  <div class=\"entry-content w-full !px-0 max-w-small\">\r\n        <h2>Priorities \u2013 How we will support you<\/h2>\n<h3>1. Improve data collection<\/h3>\n<p>Develop and launch a Maternity Services data dashboard to identify, evidence and monitor the required improvements for you and your family.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\r\n  <\/section><\/div><!-- .assembler_text-module.assembler_module.assembler_text-module_3.assembler_module_3..transparent --><div class=\"assembler_drop-down-module assembler_module assembler_drop-down-module_4 assembler_module_4  transparent\"><a tabindex=\"-1\" title=\"Section titled module-4\" id=\"module-4\" href=\"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35196\/#module-4\" class=\"anchor\"><span class=\"hidden\">Section titled module-4<\/span><\/a><!-- Template found for drop-down-module - Template: template-dropdowns - Matched: _only --><section class=\"max-w-content pt-0 sm:pt-0 pb-3 sm:pb-6 mx-auto\">\n\n  <h3 class=\"bg-dropdown-btn hover:underline focus:underline expanded\">\n    Progress report     <i class=\"pl-2 rotate-90 fak fa-right-arrow [.expanded_&]:rotate-180 [.expanded_&]:align-[-.125em] align-baseline text-[0.86em]\"><\/i>\n  <\/h3>\n\n  <section class=\"w-full mx-auto bg-drop-down-content\">\n  <div class=\"entry-content w-full !px-0 max-w-small\">\n    <ul>\n<li>The dashboard has been developed, and the first version is scheduled for release in Autumn 2025.<\/li>\n<li>Clinicians will be consulted to ensure the dashboard data is checked for accuracy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n  <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n<\/section>\n<\/div><!-- .assembler_drop-down-module.assembler_module.assembler_drop-down-module_4.assembler_module_4..transparent --><div class=\"assembler_text-module assembler_module assembler_text-module_5 assembler_module_5  transparent\"><a tabindex=\"-1\" title=\"Section titled module-5\" id=\"module-5\" href=\"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35196\/#module-5\" class=\"anchor\"><span class=\"hidden\">Section titled module-5<\/span><\/a><!-- Template found for text-module - Template: template-text - Matched: _only --><section class=\"w-full mx-auto max-w-content pt-0 sm:pt-0 pb-3 sm:pb-6\">\r\n  <div class=\"entry-content w-full !px-0 max-w-small\">\r\n        <h3>2. A fair start for pre-term newborns<\/h3>\n<p>Improve maternity intervention uptake to support the healthy development of pre-term newborns where they are within ethnicities presenting with inequity; in line with the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhsrho.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NHS Race and Health Observatory.<\/a><\/p>\n  <\/div>\r\n  <\/section><\/div><!-- .assembler_text-module.assembler_module.assembler_text-module_5.assembler_module_5..transparent --><div class=\"assembler_drop-down-module assembler_module assembler_drop-down-module_6 assembler_module_6  transparent\"><a tabindex=\"-1\" title=\"Section titled module-6\" id=\"module-6\" href=\"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35196\/#module-6\" class=\"anchor\"><span class=\"hidden\">Section titled module-6<\/span><\/a><!-- Template found for drop-down-module - Template: template-dropdowns - Matched: _only --><section class=\"max-w-content pt-0 sm:pt-0 pb-3 sm:pb-6 mx-auto\">\n\n  <h3 class=\"bg-dropdown-btn hover:underline focus:underline expanded\">\n    Progress report     <i class=\"pl-2 rotate-90 fak fa-right-arrow [.expanded_&]:rotate-180 [.expanded_&]:align-[-.125em] align-baseline text-[0.86em]\"><\/i>\n  <\/h3>\n\n  <section class=\"w-full mx-auto bg-drop-down-content\">\n  <div class=\"entry-content w-full !px-0 max-w-small\">\n    <ul>\n<li>Past and current data have been reviewed to identify areas for improvement.<\/li>\n<li>Black women who experienced preterm birth have shared their experiences through trauma-informed interviews.<\/li>\n<li>Insights from the data and interviews are being used to test and improve care processes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n  <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n<\/section>\n<\/div><!-- .assembler_drop-down-module.assembler_module.assembler_drop-down-module_6.assembler_module_6..transparent --><div class=\"assembler_text-module assembler_module assembler_text-module_7 assembler_module_7  transparent\"><a tabindex=\"-1\" title=\"Section titled module-7\" id=\"module-7\" href=\"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35196\/#module-7\" class=\"anchor\"><span class=\"hidden\">Section titled module-7<\/span><\/a><!-- Template found for text-module - Template: template-text - Matched: _only --><section class=\"w-full mx-auto max-w-content pt-0 sm:pt-0 pb-3 sm:pb-6\">\r\n  <div class=\"entry-content w-full !px-0 max-w-small\">\r\n        <h3>3. Healthy lifestyle<\/h3>\n<p>If you are currently a smoker or have a higher BMI, we will support you in changing your smoking status and reducing your body weight for both your health and the health of your future child.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\r\n  <\/section><\/div><!-- .assembler_text-module.assembler_module.assembler_text-module_7.assembler_module_7..transparent --><div class=\"assembler_drop-down-module assembler_module assembler_drop-down-module_8 assembler_module_8  transparent\"><a tabindex=\"-1\" title=\"Section titled module-8\" id=\"module-8\" href=\"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35196\/#module-8\" class=\"anchor\"><span class=\"hidden\">Section titled module-8<\/span><\/a><!-- Template found for drop-down-module - Template: template-dropdowns - Matched: _only --><section class=\"max-w-content pt-0 sm:pt-0 pb-3 sm:pb-6 mx-auto\">\n\n  <h3 class=\"bg-dropdown-btn hover:underline focus:underline expanded\">\n    Progress report    <i class=\"pl-2 rotate-90 fak fa-right-arrow [.expanded_&]:rotate-180 [.expanded_&]:align-[-.125em] align-baseline text-[0.86em]\"><\/i>\n  <\/h3>\n\n  <section class=\"w-full mx-auto bg-drop-down-content\">\n  <div class=\"entry-content w-full !px-0 max-w-small\">\n    <p><strong>Smoking<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A team is in place to help pregnant women stop smoking with support, including vapes and nicotine replacement therapy.<\/li>\n<li>University Hospitals Bristol and Weston to provide better ongoing support in the community to help people quit smoking.<\/li>\n<li>Carbon monoxide checks now happen at every appointment.<\/li>\n<li>More women are using the service, and new guidelines are being reviewed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Healthy Weight<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Healthy Eating Network available for those within North Somerset with a raised BMI.<\/li>\n<li>Trusts participating in a pilot to promote exercise in pregnancy. Two midwives and two health visitors will be trained as ambassadors.<\/li>\n<li>Exercise classes will be provided for free or at low cost in areas with high deprivation and diverse communities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n  <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n<\/section>\n<\/div><!-- .assembler_drop-down-module.assembler_module.assembler_drop-down-module_8.assembler_module_8..transparent --><div class=\"assembler_text-module assembler_module assembler_text-module_9 assembler_module_9  transparent\"><a tabindex=\"-1\" title=\"Section titled module-9\" id=\"module-9\" href=\"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35196\/#module-9\" class=\"anchor\"><span class=\"hidden\">Section titled module-9<\/span><\/a><!-- Template found for text-module - Template: template-text - Matched: _only --><section class=\"w-full mx-auto max-w-content pt-0 sm:pt-0 pb-3 sm:pb-6\">\r\n  <div class=\"entry-content w-full !px-0 max-w-small\">\r\n        <h3><strong>4. Maternity and Neonatal Voices Recruitment<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Drive recruitment of maternity service users in the public to Maternity Neonatal Voice Partnership (MNVP) roles, proportional to the service user ethnic representation to ensure all voices are included in the improvement of our maternity services.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\r\n  <\/section><\/div><!-- .assembler_text-module.assembler_module.assembler_text-module_9.assembler_module_9..transparent --><div class=\"assembler_drop-down-module assembler_module assembler_drop-down-module_10 assembler_module_10  transparent\"><a tabindex=\"-1\" title=\"Section titled module-10\" id=\"module-10\" href=\"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35196\/#module-10\" class=\"anchor\"><span class=\"hidden\">Section titled module-10<\/span><\/a><!-- Template found for drop-down-module - Template: template-dropdowns - Matched: _only --><section class=\"max-w-content pt-0 sm:pt-0 pb-3 sm:pb-6 mx-auto\">\n\n  <h3 class=\"bg-dropdown-btn hover:underline focus:underline expanded\">\n    Progress report    <i class=\"pl-2 rotate-90 fak fa-right-arrow [.expanded_&]:rotate-180 [.expanded_&]:align-[-.125em] align-baseline text-[0.86em]\"><\/i>\n  <\/h3>\n\n  <section class=\"w-full mx-auto bg-drop-down-content\">\n  <div class=\"entry-content w-full !px-0 max-w-small\">\n    <ul>\n<li>The full <a href=\"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/maternity\/bristol-north-somerset-and-south-gloucestershire-maternity-and-neonatal-voices-partnership\/\">Maternity and Neonatal Voices Partnership<\/a> team is now in place, including leads for strategy, community, hospital engagement, and neonatal care.<\/li>\n<li>A pilot between Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire &amp; Somerset is trialling a neonatal-specific representative to ensure neonatal voices are better included in the Maternity and Neonatal Voices Partnership.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n  <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n<\/section>\n<\/div><!-- .assembler_drop-down-module.assembler_module.assembler_drop-down-module_10.assembler_module_10..transparent --><div class=\"assembler_text-module assembler_module assembler_text-module_11 assembler_module_11  transparent\"><a tabindex=\"-1\" title=\"Section titled module-11\" id=\"module-11\" href=\"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35196\/#module-11\" class=\"anchor\"><span class=\"hidden\">Section titled module-11<\/span><\/a><!-- Template found for text-module - Template: template-text - Matched: _only --><section class=\"w-full mx-auto max-w-content pt-0 sm:pt-0 pb-3 sm:pb-6\">\r\n  <div class=\"entry-content w-full !px-0 max-w-small\">\r\n        <h3>5. Data-driven equity<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Using our maternity data as evidence, work toward equity of outcomes for you and your babies, by identifying differences in outcomes, then investigating possible causes, and developing solutions that restore health equity.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\r\n  <\/section><\/div><!-- .assembler_text-module.assembler_module.assembler_text-module_11.assembler_module_11..transparent --><div class=\"assembler_drop-down-module assembler_module assembler_drop-down-module_12 assembler_module_12  transparent\"><a tabindex=\"-1\" title=\"Section titled module-12\" id=\"module-12\" href=\"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35196\/#module-12\" class=\"anchor\"><span class=\"hidden\">Section titled module-12<\/span><\/a><!-- Template found for drop-down-module - Template: template-dropdowns - Matched: _only --><section class=\"max-w-content pt-0 sm:pt-0 pb-3 sm:pb-6 mx-auto\">\n\n  <h3 class=\"bg-dropdown-btn hover:underline focus:underline expanded\">\n    Progress report    <i class=\"pl-2 rotate-90 fak fa-right-arrow [.expanded_&]:rotate-180 [.expanded_&]:align-[-.125em] align-baseline text-[0.86em]\"><\/i>\n  <\/h3>\n\n  <section class=\"w-full mx-auto bg-drop-down-content\">\n  <div class=\"entry-content w-full !px-0 max-w-small\">\n    <ul>\n<li>Local hospitals are working to understand how ethnicity, deprivation, language barriers, and citizenship impact health outcomes.<\/li>\n<li>Consideration of ethnicity is being made when reviewing unexpected admissions of term babies to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n  <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n<\/section>\n<\/div><!-- .assembler_drop-down-module.assembler_module.assembler_drop-down-module_12.assembler_module_12..transparent --><div class=\"assembler_text-module assembler_module assembler_text-module_13 assembler_module_13  transparent\"><a tabindex=\"-1\" title=\"Section titled module-13\" id=\"module-13\" href=\"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35196\/#module-13\" class=\"anchor\"><span class=\"hidden\">Section titled module-13<\/span><\/a><!-- Template found for text-module - Template: template-text - Matched: _only --><section class=\"w-full mx-auto max-w-content pt-0 sm:pt-0 pb-3 sm:pb-6\">\r\n  <div class=\"entry-content w-full !px-0 max-w-small\">\r\n        <h3>6. Accessible maternity care<\/h3>\n<p>Drive equitable access to maternity services for all women and their babies, ensuring no matter your background you will have the care you need to give you and your baby the best possible outcomes. Within this, we want to focus on perinatal pelvic health and postpartum contraception.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\r\n  <\/section><\/div><!-- .assembler_text-module.assembler_module.assembler_text-module_13.assembler_module_13..transparent --><div class=\"assembler_drop-down-module assembler_module assembler_drop-down-module_14 assembler_module_14  transparent\"><a tabindex=\"-1\" title=\"Section titled module-14\" id=\"module-14\" href=\"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35196\/#module-14\" class=\"anchor\"><span class=\"hidden\">Section titled module-14<\/span><\/a><!-- Template found for drop-down-module - Template: template-dropdowns - Matched: _only --><section class=\"max-w-content pt-0 sm:pt-0 pb-3 sm:pb-6 mx-auto\">\n\n  <h3 class=\"bg-dropdown-btn hover:underline focus:underline expanded\">\n    Progress report    <i class=\"pl-2 rotate-90 fak fa-right-arrow [.expanded_&]:rotate-180 [.expanded_&]:align-[-.125em] align-baseline text-[0.86em]\"><\/i>\n  <\/h3>\n\n  <section class=\"w-full mx-auto bg-drop-down-content\">\n  <div class=\"entry-content w-full !px-0 max-w-small\">\n    <ul>\n<li>Midwives are working with local community groups to help women access care earlier, especially refugees and Black mothers.<\/li>\n<li>Women in prison now receive full pregnancy care inside the prison.<\/li>\n<li>New materials like translated leaflets, prayer-time signs, and culturally appropriate hospital gowns are now available.<\/li>\n<li>Addressing digital exclusion by providing free SIM cards to women who cannot afford them, allowing access to digital healthcare records.<\/li>\n<li>People with learning disabilities to have better access to perinatal pelvic health care.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n  <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n<\/section>\n<\/div><!-- .assembler_drop-down-module.assembler_module.assembler_drop-down-module_14.assembler_module_14..transparent --><div class=\"assembler_text-module assembler_module assembler_text-module_15 assembler_module_15  transparent\"><a tabindex=\"-1\" title=\"Section titled module-15\" id=\"module-15\" href=\"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35196\/#module-15\" class=\"anchor\"><span class=\"hidden\">Section titled module-15<\/span><\/a><!-- Template found for text-module - Template: template-text - Matched: _only --><section class=\"w-full mx-auto max-w-content pt-0 sm:pt-0 pb-3 sm:pb-6\">\r\n  <div class=\"entry-content w-full !px-0 max-w-small\">\r\n        <h3>7. Maternity staff training<\/h3>\n<p>Drive training of all our maternity and neonatal staff, to continuously improve the delivery of equitable care, by enabling them to notice service areas that could be increasing inequity, which may be due to ethnic differences. An example of this is working delivering the Black Maternity Matters training.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\r\n  <\/section><\/div><!-- .assembler_text-module.assembler_module.assembler_text-module_15.assembler_module_15..transparent --><div class=\"assembler_drop-down-module assembler_module assembler_drop-down-module_16 assembler_module_16  transparent\"><a tabindex=\"-1\" title=\"Section titled module-16\" id=\"module-16\" href=\"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35196\/#module-16\" class=\"anchor\"><span class=\"hidden\">Section titled module-16<\/span><\/a><!-- Template found for drop-down-module - Template: template-dropdowns - Matched: _only --><section class=\"max-w-content pt-0 sm:pt-0 pb-3 sm:pb-6 mx-auto\">\n\n  <h3 class=\"bg-dropdown-btn hover:underline focus:underline expanded\">\n    Progress report    <i class=\"pl-2 rotate-90 fak fa-right-arrow [.expanded_&]:rotate-180 [.expanded_&]:align-[-.125em] align-baseline text-[0.86em]\"><\/i>\n  <\/h3>\n\n  <section class=\"w-full mx-auto bg-drop-down-content\">\n  <div class=\"entry-content w-full !px-0 max-w-small\">\n    <ul>\n<li>Over 300 staff have received anti-racism training through the Black Maternity Matters programme.<\/li>\n<li>Both trusts to incorporate culture competency training into their mandatory training.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n  <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n<\/section>\n<\/div><!-- .assembler_drop-down-module.assembler_module.assembler_drop-down-module_16.assembler_module_16..transparent --><div class=\"assembler_text-module assembler_module assembler_text-module_17 assembler_module_17  transparent\"><a tabindex=\"-1\" title=\"Section titled module-17\" id=\"module-17\" href=\"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35196\/#module-17\" class=\"anchor\"><span class=\"hidden\">Section titled module-17<\/span><\/a><!-- Template found for text-module - Template: template-text - Matched: _only --><section class=\"w-full mx-auto max-w-content pt-0 sm:pt-0 pb-3 sm:pb-6\">\r\n  <div class=\"entry-content w-full !px-0 max-w-small\">\r\n        <h3>8. Inclusive recruitment<\/h3>\n<p>We will check our recruitment practices within our services, to identify cultures less proportionally present in our workforce, creating an action plan to work closer with those communities to ensure they do not face barriers to important employment within our services.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\r\n  <\/section><\/div><!-- .assembler_text-module.assembler_module.assembler_text-module_17.assembler_module_17..transparent --><div class=\"assembler_drop-down-module assembler_module assembler_drop-down-module_18 assembler_module_18  transparent\"><a tabindex=\"-1\" title=\"Section titled module-18\" id=\"module-18\" href=\"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35196\/#module-18\" class=\"anchor\"><span class=\"hidden\">Section titled module-18<\/span><\/a><!-- Template found for drop-down-module - Template: template-dropdowns - Matched: _only --><section class=\"max-w-content pt-0 sm:pt-0 pb-3 sm:pb-6 mx-auto\">\n\n  <h3 class=\"bg-dropdown-btn hover:underline focus:underline expanded\">\n    Progress report     <i class=\"pl-2 rotate-90 fak fa-right-arrow [.expanded_&]:rotate-180 [.expanded_&]:align-[-.125em] align-baseline text-[0.86em]\"><\/i>\n  <\/h3>\n\n  <section class=\"w-full mx-auto bg-drop-down-content\">\n  <div class=\"entry-content w-full !px-0 max-w-small\">\n    <ul>\n<li>Programmes are in place to support career development for staff from diverse backgrounds.<\/li>\n<li>Schools and colleges in low socio-economic areas are being supported to encourage more students to consider midwifery.<\/li>\n<li>Interviews for student midwives now include local service users to make recruitment more inclusive.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n  <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n<\/section>\n<\/div><!-- .assembler_drop-down-module.assembler_module.assembler_drop-down-module_18.assembler_module_18..transparent --><div class=\"assembler_text-module assembler_module assembler_text-module_19 assembler_module_19  transparent\"><a tabindex=\"-1\" title=\"Section titled module-19\" id=\"module-19\" href=\"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35196\/#module-19\" class=\"anchor\"><span class=\"hidden\">Section titled module-19<\/span><\/a><!-- Template found for text-module - Template: template-text - Matched: _only --><section class=\"w-full mx-auto max-w-content pt-3 sm:pt-6 pb-3 sm:pb-6\">\r\n  <div class=\"entry-content w-full !px-0 max-w-small\">\r\n        <h2>Further reading<\/h2>\n<p><a class=\"btn-link flex w-[fit-content] \" href=\"https:\/\/bnssg.icb.nhs.uk\/library\/bristol-north-somerset-and-south-gloucestershire-local-maternity-and-neonatal-system-equity-and-equality-detailed-action-plan\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Local Maternity and Neonatal System Equity and Equality Detailed Action Plan<\/a><a class=\"btn-link flex w-[fit-content] \" href=\"https:\/\/bnssg.icb.nhs.uk\/library\/bristol-north-somerset-and-south-gloucestershire-maternity-health-equity-audit\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Maternity Health Equity Audit<\/a><\/p>\n  <\/div>\r\n  <\/section><\/div><!-- .assembler_text-module.assembler_module.assembler_text-module_19.assembler_module_19..transparent --><\/div><!-- .assembler_module_area.assembler_module_area_1 --><\/div><!-- .assembler_default-group.assembler_module_group.assembler_default-group_1.assembler_module_group_1  -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How we are working towards maternity services equity and equality outcomes for women and their families.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[203,994],"class_list":["post-35196","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","tag-equality","tag-equity"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35196"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35196\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46883,"href":"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35196\/revisions\/46883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}