A fresh approach to leadership is now in place in the Maternity Service at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT). This includes a new role to increase the support available to staff, parents and babies.
Four new appointments will work across all ESNEFT sites. This includes Director of Midwifery Ros Bullen-Bell, head of midwifery Dee Macey, Better Birth lead Nicola Heath and professional midwifery advocate Caro Daniels.
ESNEFT is among the first trusts in the country to appoint a full-time professional midwifery advocate. To fulfil the role, experienced midwife Caro has completed specialist training. She will provide extra support to midwifery colleagues and pregnant people.
There will be two site-specific deputy heads of department. Marie Fletcher will be the deputy head at Ipswich, and Laura Clover at Colchester.
Giles Thorpe, ESNEFT’s Chief Nurse, said: “I am excited about the strength of our new maternity leadership team. Our continued focus is on providing pregnant people and their children with consistent high standards of care. There has never been a more important time to have a robust leadership team in place.
“Following our appointment of a new director of midwifery, we have developed the leadership team. This is so that we can focus on continuous improvement in our services, both in our hospitals and our communities.”
Ros Bullen-Bell said: “We are pleased that our new leadership team is now in place. Our focus is retaining and developing our existing midwifery colleagues while recruiting extra staff. This is for the benefit of everyone who chooses to have their baby under our care.”
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