Mesha Stewart – Strategic Lead, Nottingham and Nottinghamshire MNVP
I am the Strategic Lead for the Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Maternity and Neonatal Voices Partnership (MNVP), an independent organisation that works to ensure the voices of women, birthing people and their families are heard and used to improve maternity and neonatal services across Nottinghamshire.
I am a mum to two children, a daughter and a son. Having become a parent later in life, and as one of five sisters, I had already witnessed a wide range of experiences of pregnancy, birth and early parenthood before beginning my own journey into motherhood. Those experiences, together with my own family’s experiences of both positive and difficult maternity care, have shaped my understanding of how important it is that families feel listened to, respected and supported.
Throughout my career I have worked alongside communities, building trusted relationships and creating opportunities for people to share their experiences. I have seen first-hand how powerful it can be when people’s voices are genuinely listened to, understood and used to influence decisions.
One of the unique strengths of the MNVP is our ability to bring the experiences of families directly into conversations with maternity and neonatal service providers. We sit around the tables where decisions are made, helping to ensure that lived experience informs service improvement.
Over the next 12 months, my focus is on strengthening the MNVP as an independent and trusted voice for local families, particularly those whose voices often go unheard, while creating clearer opportunities for families to see how their experiences contribute to meaningful change.
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