Maternity Services Liaison Committee (MSLC)

• Conception to toddler groups in the West Norfolk area; Map of services
• Do you qualify for Healthy Start vitamins? Here's where to get them!
• Midwifery Led Birthing Units
• English as an Additional Language (EAL)

MSLCs are independent forums that bring together the users, providers and commissioners of maternity services to design services that meet the needs of local women and their families. They are locally-based groups that include patients, maternity staff and commissioners, and so are well placed to advise on developments in local maternity services. Their main objectives are to plan, monitor and improve local maternity services.

In Norfolk MSLCs report to NHS Norfolk (and NHS Great Yarmouth and Waveney) who lead on maternity commissioning. The forums also have strong links with other bodies including labour ward forums, and care networks.

NHS Norfolk currently supports two MSLCs: one based at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) in Kings Lynn and the other based around the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital Foundation Trust (NNUHFT).

For details on your local MSLC group and how to get involved please use the contact details below.

For Kings Lynn MSLC please contact

Name: Clare Fiander, Administrative Assistant

Address:
West Norfolk Voluntary and Community Action
2 Regis Place
Bergen Way
King's Lynn
Norfolk
PE30 2JN

Tel: 01553 760568
Fax: 01553 774399
Email: clare@westnorfolkvca.org
 

For Norwich and district MSLC please contact;

Name: Lianne Elliott, NNUH Maternity Services Liaison Committee Coordinator

e-mail: lianne@norfolkfields.plus.com

Conception to toddler groups in the West Norfolk area; Map of services

Kings Lynn and Wisbech MSLC have mapped current services for parent’s babies and children. The idea is to make it easier for parents and parent to be able to find their local services at the click of a button.

For further information please contact Judith Berry, Kings Lynn and Wisbech MSLC Co-ordinator (details above).

Do you qualify for Healthy Start vitamins? Here's where to get them!

NHS Norfolk is pleased to publish a list of distribution points for free Healthy Start vitamins…read more

Midwifery Led Birthing Units

NHS Norfolk is in the process of deciding the commissioning intentions for two MLBU’s. As part of the process we wanted to seek the views of patients, members of the public and stakeholders regarding a number of factors including services within the unit. The units are to be co-located with the labour wards within the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital Foundation Trust, Norwich and The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kings Lynn.

The results of the research will be used when drawing up the service specification for the two MLBU’s

English as an Additional Language (EAL) 

We are now looking into English as an Additional Language (EAL) provision for users of Maternity Services, and would like to highlight a group provision that is now available. There is an EAL Parents Group which runs on a Tuesday 10am-12noon, at Nar Children’s Centre, Church Lane, Kings Lynn, PE30 5AE. The group is run by Ann Easton and her contact is: 01553 776300 or 07788 680216. There is a Lithuanian and Russian speaker at this group. They discuss Antenatal Information, Pain Relief, Labour, Breastfeeding, Postnatal Support, Newborn Information and how to access other services for young children, e.g Dentistry, Child-minding and Baby Massage.