Agenda
(subject to change)
Maternity Services are going through demographic and societal changes with higher expectations of safety, increased women’s choice in mode of birth, supporting pregnant women who are older, with more complex issues of obesity and co morbidities.
At the same time, government policy recognises the critical important of continuity through into infant and women’s health in the first year and beyond.
The annual All Ireland Maternity & Midwifery Festival will address the progress and challenges, with speakers from across Ireland and the UK bringing up to date insights and professional information for all those working in maternity services and with mothers and infants
08:30
Registration and Exhibition
10:00
Opening Plenary – Transforming Childbirth and Infant Health
10:00
Welcome
Caroline Gourley, President, The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation
10:05
Chair’s opening remarks
Anne McCormick, Chair of Section, The Irish Nurses & Midwives Organisation
10:10
Midwifery Highlights in the Republic of Ireland
Angela Dunne, National Midwifery Strategy, HSE
10:40
Panel discussion
11:00
Break, exhibition viewing and networking
11:30
Plenary 2: Public Perception of Midwives
11:30 – 12:05
Chair’s remarks
Anne McCormick, Chair of Section, The Irish Nurses & Midwives Organisation
Prof Jane Salvage, The Author of The Midwives’ Gospel: the forgotten women at the birth of Jesus
Corah Gernon, Podcaster – Irish Birth Stories, Midwife
12:05
Panel discussion/Q&A
12:15
Plenary 3: Perspectives on practice
12:15 – 13:00
Khayla Timothy, Midwife/PhD Student, Researcher, Sligo University Hospital (c
Maeve O’Connell, Lecturer in Midwifery, University College Cork
Dr Anna Byrom, Director, All4Maternity
13:00
Panel discussion/Q&A
13:15
Lunch and Learn, Exhibition Viewing and Networking
13.15 – 13.30
Knitting Creative Workshop
Knitting Creative Workshop
Knitting Creative Exhibition Stand
Learn how to knit or crochet with Dr Amanda Hutcherson, Midwifery Lecturer and Founder of Knitting Creative
All materials supplied
13.45 – 14.00
Announcement of exhibition prize draw winners
Exhibition Area
Join us in the exhibition area to find out if you are one of our lucky winners!
But you need to be in the room to win!
14:15 – 15:00
Parallel Seminar Sessions
A1: Enabling Safe, Effective Staffing s
Sally Ashton-May MBE
Executive Officer, Birthrate Plus (online)
Tony Fitzpatrick, Director of Professional Services, The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation
Q&A
B1: Regulation Updates
Verena Wallace MBE, Senior Midwifery Adviser (Policy), NMC
Dr Karn Cliffe, Director of Professional Standards – Midwifery, NMBI
Q&A
C1: Employment Challenges
Steve Pitman, Head of Education and Professional Development, INMO
Jean Carroll, Section Development Officer, INMO
Q&A
15:00
Final exhibition viewing, refreshments and networking
15:20
Closing Plenary: Safer Staffing
Chair’s remarks
Margaret Dunlea, Lecturer, Trinity College Dublin
Presentation – EU Directive on Midwife Education – Building Safer Staffing
Daniela Drandić, Head of Advocacy and Communications, ICM
Panel discussion
Tony Fitzpatrick, Director of Professional Services, The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation