In the UK the government are awaiting publication of the NHS 10 year plan. Neil Stewart, Editorial Director of the Maternity and Midwifery forum, reflects on current issues in maternity services, following viewing of David Attenborough’s, Oceans and attending the International Council of Nursing congress in Helsinki.    Many of......

This week the Secretary of State for Health spoke about Maternity Services and the Government plans for a National review. Birthrights’ latest survey highlights a broken maternity system that prioritises its own safety and survival over women and birthing people, students and midwives.     Earlier this year, we released a......

Newborns come in all shapes and sizes, in particular their heads. Evolution has formed the fetal head with an amount of flexibility, to allow passage into the world. It is important that those working with infants, young children and their families, are able to recognise when head shapes are abnormal.......

The RCM has been undergoing a project to establish the research priorities for midwifery practice and maternity care in the UK. Jenny Cunningham and Dr Jude Field, RCM Research Advisors, explain the project and reveal the top 10 priorities and the strategy for embedding these going forward. _________________________________________________ The UK’s......

Dr Denise Tiran HonDUniv FRCM is an international authority on complementary therapies (CTs), and offers unique courses for midwives on both CTs and on setting up in private practice. Here Denise identifies some questions that would-be entrepreneur midwives should ask themselves and gives her top tips for midwives preparing to......

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The world of healthcare practice is constantly evolving in the current digital age. Midwife and Digital Clinical Facilitator at Northampton General Hospital, Hauwa Hamza, points to the need for more midwives to be digitally literate and face the changes head on for the benefit of women and babies.   _________________________________________________ At......

It will come as no surprise that the UK NHS is struggling to balance the books.  The King’s fund has released a new report on the financial state of the NHS. Neil Stewart, Editorial Director, reflects on the concerning impact for maternity services.  _________________________________________________ The Kings Fund, the leading health......

For all of us in midwifery globally it is easy to feel there is only ‘our way’ of caring for women and forget midwives have been around for millennia and across all settings. Recently, Dianne Garland, Freelance Midwife, spent time travelling in South America, and shares some of her experience......