Name: Jo & Monica Cox & Eve
Organisation: Frimley Park Hospital
Award Category: Outstanding Team Care
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My Plea:
As specialist bereavement midwives we are privileged to look after families who have sadly experienced baby loss. We provide support from the moment a diagnosis is made, continuing our care through the antenatal period, throughout labour, postnatally as well as at home after discharge. We care for parents in our dedicated bereavement suite which includes a “home from home” room, a clinical room, bathroom and a nursery to ensure families can spend as much time with their baby and precious memories can be made. Families can also spend time with their baby in the hospitals time garden, a beautiful and private outdoor space. As a team we provide photographs, hand and foot prints and castings as well as Sands memory boxes which include the “hand in their heart” keyrings. We also provide books for parents to help communicate with siblings and special dolls from the Lexi Doll Charity. We are also able to provide support in subsequent pregnancies by attending scans and appointments.
We have been a pilot site for the National Bereavement Care Pathway and have been working closely with our A&E department, Neonatal unit, Children’s ward, Gynaecology ward and Early Pregnancy Unit. We are committed to ensuring the hospital provides a gold standard of care and fully support the National Bereavement Care pathway to ensure this level of care is achieved nationwide.
We work closely with our local Sands group and hospital chaplaincy team to organise memorial services and remembrance events, including events during baby loss awareness week (BLAW). We also organise and provide training to student midwives, midwives, new doctors and maternity care assistants enabling them to feel better prepared in caring for our families, helping to create memories and completing all necessary paperwork.
Bereavement care is our passion and we are totally committed to providing high quality, seamless care in these devastating times. We know we can never take away the pain but we hope that in providing the right care, parents can feel safe to create precious memories and begin to grieve.
What Others Have Said
Monica and Jo provide phenomenal care to women and work tirelessly to provide a caring and compassionate service. I am a student midwife working on placement at the trust and have been really proud to see midwives working at such a high standard and with such commitment for women at what is a extremely difficult time for them. Monica and Jo are caring and compassionate and give the women the time they need for support. They show commitment to excellence, good teamwork and are able to continually improve the service for women.
Monica and Jo offered me the most special care before during and after our daughter was born , what an incredible team they are are . They always dealt with us in the most sensitive kind way . They are so deserving of this award
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Oh my goodness. ..these ladies are amazing! I work with them and their care for all goes beyond every boundary. Xxx
Amazing work.
These two women are phenomenal. I work alongside them and every day I am blown away by the care and compassion they share. The way they care for the parents and babies goes beyond what is seen. Very very special ladies.
Amazing support given to a family member
Amazing staff and hospital
Monica and Jo cared for my partner and I whilst we were in Frimley in June when our son was born stillborn. They were amazing throughout and continued to be helpful, thoughtful and kind afterwards. We wouldn’t of known what to do if it hadn’t have been for their help. So deserving of this award x
Frimley Park outstanding team …
Amazing dedicated ladies
I have first hand experience of working along side these incredible bereavement midwives that I am pleased to call my friends. They are the most compassionate, caring, midwives and go above and beyond to make sure their families get the best care possible. I’m rooting for you both!
These ladies ‘rock ‘ They are truly amazing in the care they give to these women and families
They are a privilege to work alongside . I am continually amazed at the care they provide
Fantastic work by amazing ladies
Monica and Jo are a special team, that we needed so much in a time of our lives that we didn’t need. They held our hands, let us cry and never once judged us through our journey. They spoke to us and helped us remember our beautiful daughter, giving us the confidence to speak about her time and time again. I cannot praise them enough, and will never be forgotten.
Fantastic ladies and a fantastic team at Frimley. Not only providing care for bereaved parents directly, but continually educating the midwife teams to improve care as a standard practice, not just a specialised discipline.
Have seen first hand the care and attention they put into their educational programmes, and have also benefitted directly from the support of this team during our own experiences of loss.
Much love and respect for their work !!
I can’t stress how wonderful Monica and Jo are. They led a team who gave us care full of such dignity and compassion that helped us to grieve well and move forward (not on).
I had my darling little Holly here and despite it being the hardest time of my life, it was actually the most beautiful. So much love the for the wonderful team here ?