Cultural Responsiveness Review of Maternity Services

HBDHB maternity services provide care to expectant parents throughout the pregnancy journey (prenatal, labour, birth and postnatal), and the care that they provide can have a lasting effect on whānau. Services are provided in Hastings, Napier, Central Hawke’s Bay and Wairoa.

The ability to respond to the cultural needs of a whanau, as well as their clinical needs is imperative to ensure a positive experience and the best possible outcomes for māmā, pēpi and whānau.

HBDHB is commissioning a cultural responsiveness review (“the review”) of maternity services in order to ensure the cultural responsiveness of maternity services is meeting the expectations of whānau Māori and the organisation. This work has been prioritised as a response to whānau feedback, and the recent attempted uplift of an infant by Oranga Tamariki, that aligns with DHB policy.

To ensure the review considers and is responsive to the needs of Māori, this work requires partnership with, and input from, appropriate stakeholders who have expert knowledge that would contribute to the review process.

The successful reviewer will have cultural and clinical skills and is required to undertake the review under the governance and in partnership with the Expert Advisory Group for the Cultural Responsiveness Review of Maternity Services.