{"id":5636,"date":"2026-06-29T14:39:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T13:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/maternity\/?page_id=5636"},"modified":"2026-06-29T14:40:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T13:40:19","slug":"maternity-and-neonatal-improvement-programme","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/maternity\/maternity-and-neonatal-improvement-programme\/","title":{"rendered":"Maternity Improvement Programme"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-1066e69f\">\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:70px\"><\/div><div class=\"fsb-flexible-spacer__device fsb-flexible-spacer__device--md\" style=\"height:70px\"><\/div><div class=\"fsb-flexible-spacer__device fsb-flexible-spacer__device--sm\" style=\"height:0px\"><\/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-standard-white-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);font-style:normal;font-weight:700;text-indent:0px\">Find out how we are improving maternity and neonatal care in NHS Lothian. 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