Health Minister Lesley Griffiths will spell out her ideas, including that all women receive safe, high quality treament, dignity and respect. Ms Griffiths warned health boards they could not let services "drift" by failing to make changes.
The minister will give more details during a visit t0 the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff. "Our maternity service is already one we can be proud of, but there are improvements to be made," she said. "My vision is a service that promotes pregnancy and childbirth as an event of social and emotional significance where women and their families are treated with dignity and respect."
Ms Griffiths added that "every woman in Wales, irrespective of her location, social background, circumstances or ethnicity" should have access to and receive "safe, high quality care". Healthy lifestyles before, during and after pregnancy, and maternity care will also be promoted.
"Local health boards will determine how services are organised at local level to achieve this vision, and I expect them to be open and to work with communities as they plan changes," she added. "Safety, quality, recruitment and cost must be at the heart of any changes."
She added that local health boards would have to determine how services are organised at local level to "achieve this vision". "I expect them to be open and to work with communities as they plan changes."Safety, quality and recruitment and cost must be at the heart of the changes, and must be set agains the "perceived losses of local services and convenience", and "social and political considerations. "Local health boards cannot allow a service to drift into lack of safety and sustainability which may happen if they do not make changes," she said.