Cases of teenage pregnancy continue to rise rather fast. Unfortunately, most health facilities such as trusts do not offer the requisite antenatal care to expectant teenagers. Lack of or the existence of poorly managed antenatal classes for teenagers is major challenge in ensuring expectant teenagers have comfortable pregnancies. Change and innovation are the right approaches by which antenatal classes for expectant teenagers can be realised. Several models of change are available for use in ensuring change in the formation and implementation of antenatal classes for teenagers. This innovation plan for enhanced quality care in antenatal classes for teenagers is based on the NHS change model. The eight core principles of the NHS Change Model form the framework for the innovation plan. …show more content…
It also offers a chance for transformation that would yield tangible benefits for the facility’s teenage clients seeking antenatal care. This plan will also help the trust’s staff and management to inculcate and adopt a shared approach to championing change and transformation. This innovation and change plan is important for all stakeholders at the trust, including the senior, middle and lower-cadre management, clinicians, and physicians and midwifes. In fact, the plan is helpful for any stakeholders keen on introducing innovation, change and improvement at the trust by adopting a systematic and sustainable approach to improving quality of care for expectant teenagers. The key pillar on which the innovation plan is built are shared purpose, leadership for change, spread of innovation, improvement methodology, rigorous delivery, transparent measurement, system drivers and engagement to mobilise resources and