Keynote Address – Scotland Maternity & Midwifery Festival 2020
Clare Haughey MSP, Minister for Mental Health, Scottish Government gives the keynote address at the Scotland Maternity & Midwifery Festival 2020....
Join thousands of midwives already registered to issue digital maternity exemption certificates
Almost 7,500 healthcare professionals have now signed up to be able to send digital certificates. Midwives, practice nurses and health visitors can register to issue digital maternity exemption certificates on the NHS Business Services Authority website. Pregnant women and mothers with a baby under a year old need a maternity......
LIVE STREAM: Midlands Maternity & Midwifery Festival 2021
Welcome to the Midlands Maternity & Midwifery Online Festival 2021! The Midlands Maternity and Midwifery Festival 2021 will be live streamed on this page on Tuesday 20th April 2021. A day of leadership, education and clinical updates to keep you abreast of the latest developments and innovations in maternity &......
Better Births – Five years on
Last week saw the celebratory meeting online to report on the fifth year of progress of the Better Births maternity transformation for England. For those unfamiliar with Better Births, back in 2015 a country-wide consultation process took place to consider how maternity service could be improved after the revelations from......
Virtual Conference: Group B Strep in Pregnancy & Babies
The Group B Strep in Pregnancy & Babies Virtual Conference takes place on Wednesday 2nd June 2021. View the full programme here and book your conference tickets here. Group B Strep is usually a harmless bacterium and carrying it has no symptoms. However, when passed to a baby around birth,......
Participants invited to take part in a survey which explores the needs and care of perinatal women from ethnic minority backgrounds in Lancashire and South Cumbria
We are researchers from the University of Central Lancashire who are undertaking a project funded by the Lancashire and South Cumbria Local Maternity System. The study aims to explore the experiences of maternity care and mental health needs and support amongst ethnic minority women in Lancashire and South Cumbria. As......
LIVE STREAM: The Saolta Group online Midwifery Festival
Welcome to the Saolta Group Online Midwifery Festival! *EVENT TEMPORARILY POSTPONED DUE TO THE HSE CYBER ATTACK* The Saolta Group Online Midwifery Festival will be live streamed on this page. The aim of this event is to provide an opportunity for Midwives within the Saolta Group to come together virtually......
Born in Lockdown – mothers’ experiences in a pandemic
Two years ago, I set up Mothership Writers, running creative writing courses especially for new mums. I’ve now carried out more than a hundred workshops and time and time again I’ve seen just how nourishing and restorative – if not transformational – the act of putting pen to paper can......
Endometriosis awareness month: how can midwives play their part?
It may have passed you by, but the month of March 2021 has been designated Endometriosis awareness month. For an estimated 1 in 10 women across the world (Endometriosis.org) and 10% of women of reproductive age in the UK (Endmetriosis-uk.org) this is a painful and potentially debilitating condition. It is......
Birth in water education – changing and challenging times during the pandemic
It has been a difficult time since March last year in so many aspects of my work. Once all face to face teaching was postponed with no idea of restart dates, I soon realised I needed to adapt to ensure high quality waterbirth education continued. Firstly, I started to look......