Personalised Care

During pregnancy, there can be lots of information and choices to think about. It can sometimes feel confusing or overwhelming.

This poster can help you understand your options and talk things through with your midwife or doctor.

It will help you to ask questions and make choices that feel right for you.

Making Decisions About Your Care Poster – English

 

You can also read this in Easy Read format.

Making Decisions About Your Care – Easy Read

You can record your pregnancy choices in the BadgerNotes app. BadgerNotes is the electronic maternity record app. It is used in all 8 NHS Trusts in the North East and North Cumbria.

Recording your choices here let’s everyone involved in your care know what you want.

We have created these guides to help you get started.

Personalised Care and Support Planning in BadgerNotes Poster

Personalised Care and Support Planning in BadgerNotes A3 Poster

Your Pregnancy Care Record in BadgerNotes Booklet

This will soon be available in Arabic, Malayalam, Kurdish Sorani, Polish and Romanian.

 

We are also creating videos to help you record your choices. They will be coming soon.

Choosing Your Place of Birth – Booklet

You can choose where you give birth.

This booklet will give you information on where you can give birth to your baby. You can use it to help you talk to your midwife or doctor about your choices.

CHOOSING YOUR PLACE OF BIRTH BOOKLET – ENGLISH

This will soon be available in Arabic, Malayalam, Kurdish Sorani, Polish and Romanian.

 

Choosing Your Place of Birth – Videos

In the North East and North Cumbria, we have 8 NHS Trusts. In each Trust, you can choose to give birth:

• At home
• At a birth centre (midwifery-led unit)
• At a labour ward (obstetric unit) in a hospital

We have created these videos to help you find out more about these options. Each Trust has its own video.

There is also a video about home births coming soon.

Each video is around 7-9 minutes long.

Watch all videos here

 

We worked with women, families, midwives and doctors to create four principles. These principles are part of a tool to help you make choices about your care. It is made to:

• help you and your midwife or doctor build trust
• support open and honest talks about your choices

Anyone using or working in maternity or neonatal care can use it.

Co-Produced Principles – English

 

Co-Produced principles – Easy Read

You can also read the principles in:

• Romanian – Română
• Polish – Polski
• Portuguese – Português
• Bulgarian  – български

An Arabic version will be available soon.

If you’re not sure about a treatment or test, asking questions can help. The B.R.A.I.N.S. tool in this leaflet gives you simple questions you can ask.

Think B.R.A.I.N.S. Poster

If you’re offered an internal examination, you might feel a bit nervous or unsure. The P.A.M. tool can help you feel more confident and in control.

Remember, you always have a choice.

Think P.A.M. Poster

 

Our team reviewed existing research and guidance on vaginal examination. They have put together a literature review. This is divided into 4 key themes.

Vaginal Examination Literature Review

We are creating tools and information leaflets to support choice and control if you are offered an induction of labour.

They will be available soon.

This PowerPoint has been created for maternity and neonatal staff. It talks about the Personalised Care Toolkit and how to use it.

PERSONALISED CARE TRAINING SYLLABUS

 

We’ve created a campaign to promote personalised care in maternity and neonatal services.

These materials aim to raise awareness of what personalised care means. They talk about common myths.

This toolkit can be used by partners and stakeholders.

Personalised Care Toolkit Promotion Campaign

• Personalised Care Comms Materials Plan PDF – coming soon
• Personalised Care Poster 1
• Personalised Care Poster 2

Myth Busting Campaign

• Personalised Care Myth Busting Campaign PDF
• Myth Busting Poster 1
• Myth Busting Poster 2
• Myth Busting Poster 3
• Myth Busting Poster 4

Making decisions about your care

• Personalised Care Poster
• Choice and Control Co-Produced Principles
• Making Decisions About Your Care Poster 
• Think B.R.A.I.N.S. Poster

Personalised Care in BadgerNotes

• Personalised Care and Support Planning in BadgerNotes Poster
• Personalised Care and Support Planning in BadgerNotes A3 Poster
• Your Pregnancy Care Record in BadgerNotes Booklet

Choosing your Place of Birth

• Choosing Your Place of Birth Booklet
• Choosing Your Place of Birth Video Playlist

Vaginal Examination

• Vaginal Examination Literature Review
• Think P.A.M. Poster

Personalised Care Training for Staff

• Personalised Care Training Syllabus

Easy Read

We have created these resources in Easy Read format. More resources are being created. They will be added soon.

• Co-Produced Principles – Easy Read Version
• Making Decisions About Your Care – Easy Read

Translations

We have translated these resources into the top 5 spoken languages in the North East and North Cumbria. More resources are being created. They will be added soon.

Co-produced Principles

Romanian – Română | Polish – Polski | Portuguese – Português | Bulgarian  – български