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All-Ireland Maternity & Midwifery Festival 2025 – 8 April

The All-Ireland Maternity & Midwifery Festival 2025 takes place on Tuesday 8 April online and in-person at the Crowne Plaza, Dublin.

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Maternity services are at a turning point across Ireland. 2025 sees an opportunity for change across all of Ireland.

What will follow the HSE years 2022 – 25 plan, the new government in Dublin?

The NHS in Northern Ireland is due to set a new 10 Year Plan, The Renfrew Report on maternity services in Northern Ireland has been widely welcomed, with lessons for maternity services everywhere.

With governments looking to the changing demands decades ahead, how will maternity services and midwifery professional careers evolve?

Join us at this free to attend, top level programme for maternity leaders and managers, qualified and student midwives, academics and allied healthcare professionals, organised in partnership with the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation.

Speakers include:

NEW Speakers include:

Tony Fitzpatrick, Director of Industrial Relations, Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation
Fiona Moloney, CMM2, Midwifery Led Unit, Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital
Caroline Brophy, Advanced Midwife Practitioner, National Maternity Hospital
Luisa C Eggenschwiler, PhD Candidate, Institute of Nursing Science, Medical Faculty, University of Basel
Nikki Wilson, CEO, Make Birth Better

Covering a range of topics designed to bring you up to date with the latest policy, clinical innovations and research, including:

• how maternity services will develop over coming years
• meeting women’s needs, choices and expectations
• improving safety in childbirth
• new roles and advanced practice for nurses and midwives in child and infant care
• developments in midwifery education and research

SEE THE PROGRAMME HERE

BOOK YOUR FREE PLACE HERE

All delegates will receive the full video box set of presentations from the day shortly afterwards – 12 hours of professional presentations to support your continuing professional development.

2 comments

Chantal 11 March 2025 at 18:26

Hi
Online information is confusing re venue, is this conference in the Helix or the crown plaza

Paul 18 March 2025 at 14:56

Hi Chantal, this event takes place at the Crowne PLaza, it was held at the Helix some years back.

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