Keynote Address: International Maternity Expo 2019
Elizabeth Iro, Chief Nursing Officer, World Health Organisation (WHO) gives a keynote address at the International Maternity Expo 2019...
“The power midwives have to make a better world, economically and through empowering women, is immense.”
Brydon Williams, Clinical Supervisor for Midwives at Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is also Brydon Williams, midwife, trainer and treasurer for Midwives@Ethiopia. Midwives@Ethiopia sends experienced midwives from the UK to Ethiopia to work with organisations and midwives in Ethiopia. Brydon told the Wales & South West Maternity & Midwifery Festival......
Watch the Live Stream of the International Maternity Expo 2019
From Tuesday 12th to Wednesday 13th November 2019 hundreds of Midwives, Student Midwives and Maternity professionals will gather at the Millennium Gloucester Hotel in London to attend the inaugural International Maternity Expo & Awards. If you are unable to join us on the day, don’t worry! Not only will many......
Improving care for mothers and babies a network approach
Ann Remmers has a very long job title. She is both Clinical Director, South West Maternity Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Clinical Network Regional Maternity Safety Champion and Maternal and Neonatal Clinical Lead, West of England Academic Health Science Network. It is this wealth of knowledge and experience that she......
“Body image is a stronger prediction of breastfeeding duration than weight.”
In 2014 the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and the Government Equalities Office published a report into the effects of body image during pregnancy and post-birth. The report concluded that midwives and health visitors should support women not to fixate on body image and to eat healthily during......
The 5 year vision for maternity services
Karen Jewell is the Nursing Officer for Maternity & Early Years at the Office of the CNO in Wales. As an advisor to the Welsh government, she has been an important driver of change and an integral part of sculpting the 5 Year Vision for maternity services in Wales. In......
SICK – The Battle Against HG (Trailer)
The Sick Film is a soon to be released short film production by presenter Charlotte Howden and Good Guys Productions. Charlotte suffered with Hyperemesis Gravidarum (HG), which is severe nausea and vomiting in pregnancy in 2015, with her son Henry, who is now 3. It has taken her those 3......
“What is it about our obstetric units that is so bad for women?”
NHS England describes Evidence Based Practice as meaning that every time a health professional makes a treatment decision, that decision is based on the best available evidence as well as their clinical expertise and the patient’s preferences. As common sense as that might sound, midwives know better than many health......
Vaughan Gething AM- Keynote address
After facing down calls to quit in Spring 2019 following a damning report into Cwm Taf maternity services, Welsh Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Services Vaughan Gething AM pledged to improve the quality of maternity care in Wales. At the second annual Wales & South West Maternity & Midwifery......