Maternity & Midwifery Forum

“Poor quality of care is now a bigger barrier to reducing mortality than insufficient access to care.”

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2020 will be the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife.  Fran McConville, Midwifery Advisor at the World Health Organisation, entreats midwives everywhere to use this as an opportunity to raise the profile of midwifery, trumpet its importance, and campaign for better maternity care and the investment needed to make......

Watch the Live Stream of the Scotland Maternity & Midwifery Festival 2019

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On Wednesday 27th November around 400 Midwives, Student Midwives and Health Care Practitioners are expected to gather at Murrayfield Stadium to attend the Scotland Maternity & Midwifery Festival 2019. If you are unable to join us on the day, don’t worry! Not only will many of the presentations from the......

Exhibitor Insights: Natera

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    As we approach the 3rd Annual Scotland Maternity & Midwifery Festival we focus on one of the exhibitors waiting to meet you in Edinburgh, Natera – a worldwide genetic testing and diagnostics company that’s changing how doctors and patients manage genetic disease.  Twins are becoming more common with......

Similarities in Mother-Daughter Labour and Birth Characteristics: A two-generation matched cohort study

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Dr Mindy Ebrahimoff, Senior Midwife, Senior Lecturer Clinical Tutor, Lis Maternity Hospital, Sourasky Medical Centre (Tel Aviv, Israel) presents “Similarities in Mother-Daughter Labour and Birth Characteristics: A two-generation matched cohort study” at the International Maternity Expo 2019. Find out more about International Maternity Expo: internationalmaternityexpo.com/...

From Medicalisation to Humanisation of Birth

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Professor Doctor Lesley Page CBE (Visiting Professor in Midwifery, King’s College London; Adjunct Professor UTS Australia, Griffith University Australia; Honorary Research Fellow, Oxford Brookes University) presents: “From Medicalisation to Humanisation of Birth” at the International Maternity Expo 2019. Find out more about International Maternity Expo: internationalmaternityexpo.com/...

A Gathering Storm: Understanding Anxiety, Worry & Fear in Childbearing

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Dr Kathryn Gutteridge, Consultant Midwife, President of the Royal College of Midwives gives a presentation discussing “A Gathering Storm: Understanding Anxiety, Worry & Fear in Childbearing” at the International Maternity Expo 2019. Find out more about International Maternity Expo: internationalmaternityexpo.com/...

Maternal Journal – Creative Journaling to Support Mental Health & Wellbeing

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Laura Godfrey-Isaacs, Community Midwife at King’s College Hospital, presents: “Maternal Journal: creative journaling to support mental health & well-being” at the International Maternity Expo 2019. Find out more about International Maternity Expo: internationalmaternityexpo.com/...

Maternal Immunisation

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David Green, Nurse Consultant – Immunisations, Immunisation, Hepatitis and Blood Safety Department, National Infection Service, Public Health England gives a presentation discussing “Maternal Immunisation” at the International Maternity Expo 2019. Find out more about International Maternity Expo: internationalmaternityexpo.com/...