Escalating for excellence: Autumn ABC education session

This session will: explore learning from escalation challenges in maternity settings through collaboration with frontline teams, identify factors that support effective escalation, and develop practical approaches to strengthen teamwork, communication and psychological safety.

Fetal monitoring specialist Midwife, Vicky Hugo, from Southmead Hospital in Bristol will be sharing her work and findings of working in collaboration with perinatal teams, exploring the challenges and barriers around escalating, and ways to improve more timely escalation.

Within this virtual session you will:

• Reflect on common barriers and enablers to effective escalation in maternity services
• Understand how psychological safety influences speaking up and responding to concerns
• Identify strengths and positive behaviours already present within teams
• Explore practical strategies to improve escalation processes and multidisciplinary teamwork
• Develop actions that support a culture of learning, openness and continuous improvement

Following the session, certificates will be sent out to provide evidence for hours towards yours continual professional development.

If you have a question about this event, please contact Angie Willis or Asha Dhany: angela.willis5@nhs.net / asha.dhany1@nhs.net