Mid Yorkshire launches personalised care booklet for maternity services

Photo of midwife, Amy Weighman, showing a pregnant lady the new personalised care booklet for maternity services

Pictured above: Amy Weighman Personalised Care Lead Midwife

Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust’s Maternity Service is delighted to introduce its first personalised care booklet for women and birthing people planning to have their pregnancy care at the Trust.

Entitled ‘MY Choices for Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond’, this innovative booklet provides a dedicated space for documenting thoughts, preferences, and decisions throughout the pregnancy journey. It ensures that individual needs, priorities, and choices are recorded and easily accessible to health professionals.

The booklet is designed to support personalised care, a model that prioritises individual choice in how care is planned and delivered. It focuses on what matters most to each person, ensuring that care aligns with their unique preferences and circumstances.

Amy Weighman, Personalised Care Lead Midwife at the Trust, explained: "This booklet was created in collaboration with health professionals, partners including Maternity and Neonatal Voices Partnership, and women to provide all the information you need to guide you through every step of your pregnancy journey. Your community midwife will provide the booklet, and you can work together with your midwife, health visitor, and obstetrician to complete it as needed. We encourage you to involve your partner, family, friends, or anyone else you wish to share this special time with.”

Stacey Harrower and Amy Libell, leads for Maternity and Neonatal Voices Partnership, added: "We’re excited to see this booklet come to life and be used by both maternity staff and the women and birthing people it serves. We were pleased to be able to share real-life examples of how service users can shape their care journey, and to see that reflected in this work. We hope it will be an invaluable tool that empowers families to make informed decisions, while also offering the Trust a resource to support truly person-centred care."

The introduction of ‘MY Choices for Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond’ is a significant step toward ensuring every family feels informed, supported, and empowered during pregnancy, birth, and beyond.

The booklet can be downloaded from the ‘patient information leaflets’ section at www.midyorks.nhs.uk/your-pregnancy.

To find out more about maternity services at Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust, visit: www.midyorks.nhs.uk/maternity.