Maternity Voices

What Maternity Voices does

West Yorkshire & Harrogate Maternity Voices, operating under the West Yorkshire Health & Care Partnership, is an NHS-affiliated nonprofit partnership that runs six local Maternity & Neonatal Voices Partnerships (MNVPs) covering Airedale and Bradford, Calderdale & Huddersfield, Harrogate, Leeds, North Kirklees, and Wakefield. Its core function is convening working groups of women, families, NHS commissioners, and maternity staff to review and contribute to the development of local maternity care across the West Yorkshire and Harrogate region. The organization is headquartered at White Rose House, West Parade, Wakefield, and is governed jointly with NHS Leeds Clinical Commissioning Group and Women's Health Matters.

The product surface is an informational and engagement platform rather than a technology product. It comprises a website (maternityvoices.co.uk), a Stories Portal for personal birth experiences, an Events Platform for MNVP meetings and information sessions, a Resources Library of downloadable materials, and a "Have Your Say" feedback mechanism. There is no mobile app, no API, no integrations, and no AI features; the model is community-led and human-facilitated. Supporting activities include a 212-women perineal trauma survey that produced "mum to mum" peer resources, and operational partnerships with Mid Yorkshire NHS Trust, Perinatal Mental Health Services, and CNet Empowering Communities.

The organization has no commercial revenue model. Services are provided free to users and the partnership is publicly funded through the NHS framework. There are no funding rounds, no investors, no headcount data, and no disclosed financial figures. The strategic posture is that of a stable statutory engagement body rather than a growth-stage commercial entity, with effort concentrated on deepening collaboration with NHS Trusts and community partners across the existing six MNVP geographies.

Name

Maternity Voices

Legal name

West Yorkshire & Harrogate Maternity Voices

Website

https://maternityvoices.co.uk

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

West Yorkshire & Harrogate Maternity Voices is an NHS-affiliated nonprofit partnership that runs six local Maternity & Neonatal Voices Partnerships across the region, convening women, families, commissioners, and maternity staff to review and improve local maternity services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Health Engagement Services

NAICS

Other Individual and Family Services (624190)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAGACAF

Maternal, Child & Family Health Organizations

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Health & Medical Nonprofits

SECONDARYHLAJAOAG

Maternal, Newborn, Child & Adolescent Health (MNCAH) Partnerships

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Public Health, Government & Regulators/Global Health Initiatives & Partnerships

Keywords

• Maternity services engagement
• Community health partnership
• NHS patient advocacy
• Maternal voices partnership
• Perinatal service feedback

Headquarters

HQ city

Wakefield

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Maternity Voices operates six local Maternity & Neonatal Voices Partnerships (MNVPs) across West Yorkshire and Harrogate, functioning as working groups that bring together women, families, NHS commissioners, and maternity staff to review and contribute to local maternity care development. Supporting offerings include a Stories Portal for sharing personal experiences, a Have Your Say feedback mechanism, a Resources Library with downloadable materials, and an Events Platform for community engagement. All services are provided free to users as a publicly funded NHS partnership.

Product overview

Maternity Voices is a partnership initiative for West Yorkshire & Harrogate operating through six local Maternity & Neonatal Voices Partnerships (MNVPs) covering Airedale and Bradford, Calderdale & Huddersfield, Harrogate, Leeds, North Kirklees, and Wakefield. The core offering consists of working groups that bring together women, families, commissioners, and maternity staff to review and improve local maternity services. Supporting features include a Stories Portal for sharing personal experiences, an Events Platform for community engagement, a Resources Library with downloadable materials, and a 'Have Your Say' feedback mechanism. This is an informational and engagement platform, not a technology product with integrations or AI capabilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Maternity & Neonatal Voices Partnerships (MNVPs) Working groups bringing together women, families, commissioners, and maternity staff to review and contribute to local maternity care development across West Yorkshire and Harrogate. Offered free to all participants.
• Local MVP Groups Six local MNVPs operating across different areas that work to transform local maternity services through community engagement. Each group serves its respective local population.

Quantifiable outcome

• 212 women surveyed about perineal trauma experiences leading to 'mum to mum' resources

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• NHScoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNHS is a core partner of the Maternity Voices Partnership. The website is run by West Yorkshire Health & Care Partnership. NHS Leeds Clinical Commissioning Group is referenced in privacy policies and terms and conditions as a governing body.
• West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health and Care PartnershipcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe organization runs the website and is the parent organization. Provides the networking opportunity for local MNVP Chairs to support and learn from each other.
• Mid Yorkshire NHS TrustcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated with North Kirklees MVP to implement new stop smoking initiatives outside local hospitals following feedback from the community.
• CNet Empowering CommunitiescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBradford-based community organization that partners with the Bradford District and Craven Maternity Voices Partnership for engagement activities and hosting meetings.
• Perinatal Mental Health ServicescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNorth Kirklees MVP built stronger links with perinatal mental health services to enable better access to the pathway to care for local women.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Emerging players

• Sands (Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Charity): UK charity supporting those affected by pregnancy and baby loss, working with NHS maternity units to improve bereavement care. Comparable in working at the NHS/community interface to improve maternity experiences, though focused on a specific sub-population.
• NCT (National Childbirth Trust): UK charity supporting parents through pregnancy, birth, and early parenthood. Comparable as a maternity-focused community engagement and support organization, though it is a larger national charity with paid membership and commercial training offerings.
• Tommy's: UK pregnancy and baby-loss charity funding research and providing pregnancy information. Comparable in mission around improving maternity outcomes and informing expectant parents, though it operates nationally and through research funding rather than local service co-design.
• Birthrights: UK charity promoting respectful maternity care and human rights in childbirth, working with NHS trusts and policymakers. Comparable as a third-party organization using evidence and advocacy to improve maternity service user experience.

Broad incumbents

• Healthwatch England: England's statutory independent champion for health and social care consumers. Comparable in mission (collecting patient feedback to influence NHS services) but operates across all health areas, not just maternity, and at a national scale.
• NHS England Maternity Transformation Programme: The national NHS program that mandates and funds MNVPs. Comparable as the policy and funding parent of the MNVP model Maternity Voices operates within, though it is a commissioning/policy entity rather than a community-engagement organization.

Direct peers

• AIMS (Association for Improvements in the Maternity Services): UK membership charity advocating for improvements to NHS maternity services and supporting service users. Comparable as an independent voice shaping maternity service quality through user feedback, though operating at national level via campaigns and publications.
• Local MNVPs in other ICS regions (e.g., Birmingham and Solihull MNVP): Sister MNVPs operating the same NHS-mandated model in other English Integrated Care System footprints. Comparable as direct structural peers, delivering the same tripartite co-design engagement model at regional level in different geographies.
• National Maternity Voices: The national umbrella organization that supports MNVPs across England. Directly comparable to West Yorkshire & Harrogate Maternity Voices as it operates the same MNVP model at a national-coordination layer and shares the same NHS maternity-engagement mandate.

Regional players

• MBRRACE-UK: National collaboration tasked with reducing maternal and perinatal mortality through confidential enquiries and audit. Comparable in working to improve NHS maternity outcomes via evidence-based feedback, though it is research-led rather than community-engagement led.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/MatVoices
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/maternity-voices

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Number of profiles

Subsidiaries6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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