Work package 4 | Listen2Baby

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In this part of the Listen2Baby study, we used experience-based co-design to develop a Listen2Baby Toolkit, a practical resource to support improvements in intermittent auscultation (IA) practice.

Experience-based co-design is an approach that brings together people who use and provide healthcare services to identify priorities for improvement and develop solutions based on their experiences.

We worked with midwives, other maternity professionals, women from the Lived Experience User Group, and policy and practice stakeholders. Together we drew on evidence from earlier stages of the study about current IA practice, women's experiences, and the factors that help or hinder recommended practice. We used the evidence to:

Identify and agree priorities for improving IA practice;
co-design practical solutions to address these priorities, and
develop and bring together resources to help maternity services put these solutions into practice.

This process resulted in the Listen2Baby Toolkit: a web-based resource containing practical tools, educational materials, examples of good practice, and guidance on implementation. The Toolkit is designed to help NHS maternity services in strengthening the safety and quality of IA practice.

A paper based on this work package has been submitted for publication.