26/10/2026
💜 15 Steps for Maternity & Neonatal 💜
On Thursday, we attended the 15 Steps for Maternity & Neonatal visit at Stepping Hill Hospital alongside Tameside Maternity & Neonatal Voices Partnership (MNVP), healthcare professionals and others involved in supporting families.
The purpose of 15 Steps is to walk through maternity and neonatal services and look at them through the eyes of families — recognising what is working well while also looking at where things could be changed or improved.
We visited a number of areas including the antenatal clinic, triage, Acorn Birthing Suite, labour ward, NICU and the bereavement facilities.
It was also lovely to meet members of the midwifery and NICU teams. They were warm and welcoming and, importantly, very open to hearing feedback and having conversations about families’ experiences and where improvements could be made.
We recognise that every family’s experience of maternity and neonatal care is different, and that is exactly why opportunities like this to listen, learn and feed back are so important.
Days like this are about bringing together families, lived experience, the MNVP, charities and healthcare professionals to listen to different perspectives and work towards positive changes for families.
Thank you to Tameside MNVP for involving Finding Rainbows and giving us the opportunity to bring the voices and experiences of the families we support into these conversations. 💜🌈
Listening • Learning • Working Together • Making Change
