BadgerNet, along with its accompanying parent portal, Badger Notes, replaces the traditional handheld paper notes for maternity care.

Through the BadgerNotes app, patients can now conveniently access their pregnancy and maternity records from their mobile phones.

The app provides real-time updates after each visit or appointment, offering people greater control and transparency over their care. Users can also personalise their own records by adding details such as their occupation, allergies, and preferences for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum care. This shift marks a significant step forward in empowering mothers and improving the maternity care experience.

The new system means that midwives don't have to enter the same information into both paper notes and the electronic system, freeing up some of their valuable time.

In addition, the new system is driving a huge environmental benefit, reducing the amount of paper hospitals will be using and supporting the Greener NHS programme.

Stephanie Porter, sustainability lead for NHS Humber and North Yorkshire ICB, said: ‘We are always looking for ways to make our services as environmentally friendly as possible. In the NHS we are working towards achieving net zero by 2040. It is through positive changes like BadgerNet that we will reach our goals, limit our impact on the environment and make a significant difference to the public's health.'

Laura Caldicott, a Midwife from Scunthorpe General Hospital said: ‘Before we had this system, people had to remember to bring their notes to all their appointments and we had a separate set of paper records at the hospital.

'Now, our community and hospital based maternity teams can record and access all the information they need, when they need it.'

Initial survey feedback from those using BadgerNotes in York and Scarborough has been positive.