2. Birth Environment Strategies for change

3. INSPIRATION

5. STRATEGIES FOR CHANGE

7. Ask your users what they want e.g. may not want cot in room due to superstition

8. Use women’s stories to build a powerful narrative to engage staff

9. Involve staff in the design of new rooms

10. Staff deserve environments that recognises and values them

11. Need to build staff confidence about how to use new rooms and equipment (especially so they do not hurt themselves)

13. Start to engage staff in changes to practice now

14. Need to introduce changes well in advance – regular Skills and Drills, Learning Forums and Reflective Groups

15. Pro-actively manage these transitions for staff

16. Do not allow environment to be an excuse. There are always things you can do now

18. Approach PCT or funders at the end of financial year to make case for change

19. Start with low-hanging fruits e.g. graphic wallpaper (cheap, easy to put up and not constrained by space)

21. High risk areas are so clinical – why shouldn’t we try to improve these too?

22. Challenge these labels

23. It is all about a safe and comfortable atmosphere