Local Maternity Systems

The Smoking in Pregnancy Challenge Group has produced updated briefings for each LMS. The briefings include:

• Local data on adult smoking prevalence and smoking rates among pregnant women
• An update on the national policy context, including information on the reintroduction of CO monitoring and the NHS Long Term Plan
• Best practice case studies on supporting vulnerable pregnant women to quit smoking and using e-cigarettes to improve engagement with pregnant smokers
• Links to useful resources and information

You can view the briefing for your LMS from the list below. If you have any queries please get in touch.

North East

• Durham, Darlington, Teesside, Hambleton, Richmondale and Whitby
• Northumberland, Tyne and Wear and North Durham
• West, North and East Cumbria

North West

• Cheshire and Merseyside LMS
• Greater Manchester LMS
• Lancashire and South Cumbria LMS

Yorkshire and the Humber

• Humber, Coast and Vale LMS
• South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw LMS
• West Yorkshire and Harrogate LMS

East Midlands

• Derbyshire LMS
• Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland LMS
• Lincolnshire LMS
• Northamptonshire LMS
• Nottinghamshire LMS

West Midlands

• Birmingham and Solihull LMS
• Coventry and Warwickshire LMS
• Herefordshire and Worcestershire LMS
• Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin LMS
• Staffordshire LMS
• The Black Country LMS

East of England

• Cambridgeshire and Peterborough LMS
• Hertfordshire and West Essex LMS
• Mid and South Essex LMS
• Milton Keynes, Bedfordshire and Luton LMS
• Norfolk and Waveney LMS
• Suffolk and North East Essex LMS

London

• North Central London LMS
• North East London LMS
• North West London LMS
• South East London LMS
• South West London LMS

South West

• Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West LMS
• Frimley Health LMS
• Hampshire and the Isle of Wight LMS
• Kent and Medway LMS
• Surrey Heartlands LMS
• Sussex and East Surrey LMS

South East

• Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire LMS
• Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire LMS
• Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly LMS
• Devon LMS
• Dorset LMS
• Gloucestershire LMS
• Somerset LMS

The Challenge Group has developed a smokefree pregnancy pathway briefing for Local Maternity Systems. The briefing draws on NICE Guidance and the Saving Babies’ Lives Care Bundle to set out the key steps for supporting women to quit smoking before, during and after pregnancy. It highlights the key points for services to engage with women throughout pregnancy, highlighting the bare-minimum, good and best practice levels of support. The briefing also links to key guidance and training from the National Centre for Smoking Cessation and Training (NCSCT) and e-learning for healthcare.

NHS England has published a resource pack for Local Maternity Systems: ‘Implementing the maternity & neonatal commitments of the NHS Long Term Plan (LTP)’. The pack (link below) includes information on how LMS’s can prepare for the LTP, how the deliverables will be measured, what support and guidance is available and funding and implementation timelines. The section on Maternal Smoking is on p.18.

The Challenge Group has produced a new resource for Local Maternity Systems which presents three case studies from LMS’s that are working proactively and collaboratively across local areas to reduce rates of smoking in pregnancy. These case studies can serve as examples for others looking to expand their programme of work in this area. The case studies can be downloaded here.

You can view more detailed discussion of these case studies in the Challenge Group webinar below.

This Challenge Group webinar presents three case studies from Local Maternity Systems (LMSs) which are working proactively and collaboratively across local areas to reduce rates of smoking in pregnancy.

Speakers

13:40 – 13:50 – Hazel Cheeseman, ASH

13:50 – 14:05 – Emmerline Irving, Programme Manager for Prevention and Maternity (Public Health and Prevention) West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health Care Partnership

14:05 – 14:20 – Andrea Crossfield, Making Smoking History Strategic Lead, Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership

14:20 – 14:35 – Becca Scott, Regional Local Maternity Systems Prevention Coordinator, Durham, Darlington, Teesside, Hambleton, Richmondshire and Whitby (DDTHRW) & Northumbria, Tyne, Wear and Durham (NTWD) LMS’s