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One Year of the Maternity and Neonatal Independent Senior Advocate Pilot in the North East and North Cumbria

August 2024 marked the end of our first year of work on the Maternity and Neonatal Independent Senior Advocate pilot. Our team has taken time to reflect on how things have progressed, what we have learnt and how our time has been spent. 

This report outlines feedback from the families we have worked with, what our advocates have observed, and how the role has been perceived by others

Read the report here: One Year of the Maternity and Neonatal Independent Senior Advocate Pilot in the North East and North Cumbria

For more information about our Maternity and Neonatal Independent Senior Advocate work you can visit our web page here: Maternity and Neonatal Independent Senior Advocacy web page

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