9.30

Arrival & Registration

Tea & coffee available

10.00

Introduction from the chair

The case for action and implementing NICE guidance:

Smoking in pregnancy - national, regional and local perspectives.

Dr John Linnane

Director of Public Health,

Warwickshire County Council

10.15

Smoking in Pregnancy Audit

The West Midlands picture

Hilary Wareing

Director, Tobacco Control Collaborating Centre

10.40

An integrated system

Clinical perspectives

Health inequalities, infant mortality and the impact of smoking.

Dr Simon Jenkinson

West Midlands Maternity Strategic Clinical Network

11.05

NHS England: action to reduce still birth

Care Bundle: Still birth reduction.

Key elements and implementation

Dan O’Connor

Clinical effectiveness domains team, Medical Directorate, NHS England

11.30

Active and passive smoking: prematurity,
fetal growth restriction and stillbirth risk

West Midlands data:

Smoking as the most avoidable stillbirth risk and the effect of smoking cessation on reducing fetal growth restriction.

Professor Jason Gardosi

Perinatal Institute

11.55

Q & A session

12.20

Lunch break

Networking opportunities

13.00

Tools to support local change and implementation

Summary of products & processes available to support improvement

Research evidence and evaluation; what to use and when

Hilary Wareing

Director, Tobacco Control Collaborating Centre

13.25

Local Case Study Presentations

Warwickshire County Council

Dudley Borough Council

Telford & Wrekin Council / Shrewsbury & Telford Hospitals NHS Trust

Paul Hooper

Ruth Olding

Vicki Pike & Wendy Cutchie

14.30

Discussion groups

Discussion topics:

-          Challenges to implementation

-          Local actions to overcome these

-          Developing effective pathways

-          Considerations from the commissioning and provider perspective

All

15.45

Key messages to inform local developments

Take away actions and next steps.

Chair

16.00

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