Developing the Blueprint to improve maternity care in NSW

​​​​​We connected

A project reference group was established to provide specialist clinical, strategic and contextual advice to review the previous NSW Health policy Towards Normal Birth in NSW.

The reference group included consumers, maternity service managers and senior obstetric, midwifery and social work clinicians (nominated by local health districts), general practitioners and representatives from Aboriginal and culturally and linguistically diverse communities.

We listened​

Extensive public and targeted consultation informed the revision of Towards Normal Birth in NSW and the development of Connecting, Listening and Responding: A Blueprint for Action – Maternity Care in NSW (the Blueprint).

  • Two online consumer surveys (for women and partners) were conducted to understand what is important to maternity care consumers. These surveys had more than 18,000 responses.
  • A series of engagement workshops were held with health professionals and consumers across NSW. More than 1,000 key stakeholders participated in these face-to-face consultations. The objective of the workshops was to understand how a blueprint could support high quality maternity care.
  • A draft blueprint was open for public consultation and 513 submissions were received.
  • A final round of consultation was conducted with consumers, professional peak bodies, the Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council of NSW, local health districts and speciality health networks.

We responded

Connecting, Listening and Responding: A Blueprint for Action – Maternity Care in NSW was published in March 2023. It has been developed in line with:

To find out more about how we’re implementing the Blueprint​, visit Implementing the Blueprint ​to improve maternity care in NSW.

Current as at: Thursday 10 October 2024
Contact page owner: Maternity, Child and Family