{"id":5363,"date":"2026-06-29T14:36:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T13:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/maternity\/?page_id=5363"},"modified":"2026-06-29T14:36:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T13:36:36","slug":"maternity-improvement-programme-easy-read","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/maternity\/maternity-improvement-programme-easy-read\/","title":{"rendered":"Maternity Improvement Programme: Easy Read"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-d9356bea\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group videoheadergroup nomargintop\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns nomargintop is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:10%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:0;flex-basis:80%\">\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-fsb-flexible-spacer fsb-flexible-spacer\"><div class=\"fsb-flexible-spacer__device fsb-flexible-spacer__device--lg\" style=\"height:20px\"><\/div><div class=\"fsb-flexible-spacer__device fsb-flexible-spacer__device--md\" style=\"height:20px\"><\/div><div class=\"fsb-flexible-spacer__device fsb-flexible-spacer__device--sm\" style=\"margin-bottom:-20px\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-1ed7ade0 gb-headline-text\">Maternity Improvement Programme<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-accent-colour-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3267499bfe2b03c941130c39c046875b wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\"><strong>The midwives, doctors and all our staff in NHS Lothian Maternity Services work hard to provide services where everyone feels cared for, listened to and in safe hands. Below you can read about the main parts of our improvement programme. You can click for more detail about each topic at the end of each section.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-accent-colour-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a2d8b0eb56e49606adc4c93d0e43bb89 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\"><strong>This information was published in June 2026 and will be updated yearly.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:10%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-5363_8f20d4-c2 .kt-block-spacer{height:20px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-5363_8f20d4-c2 .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-5363_8f20d4-c2 .kt-block-spacer{height:285px!important;}}@media all and 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