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London Maternity & Midwifery Trailblazer Awards 2025

Ana Correia18 February 202518 February 2025

Last week we celebrated our first festival of the year – the London Maternity & Midwifery Festival 2025. Take a look at the winners from the London Midwifery Trailblazer Awards Ceremony. The Awards recognised outstanding achievement and commitment to maternity and midwifery services. Narrowcast Media Group produced, filmed and live......

Exploring support and care for fathers following perinatal loss: A Theatre Forum Event

Paul18 February 202518 February 2025

Are you interested or participating in support and care for fathers following perinatal loss? Dr Kerry Jones, Senior lecturer in end-of-life care at the Open University, invites participants to a forum theatre event as part of a research project that aims to explore ways of providing care. _________________________________________________ The......

Midwifery Education: what is the future?

Paul10 February 2025

Midwifery education in the UK has undertaken many changes in recent years. Nicky Clark, Lead Midwife for Education, University of Hull, reveals her journey of changes and expresses concern for the future. _________________________________________________ I was so proud when I became a qualified midwife teacher at the tender age of 29.......

Ensuring safe quality care for all women, babies and families – radical, system-wide change is needed

Ana Correia7 February 202510 February 2025

In October 2024 a significant independent report that examined how to enable safe quality maternity care in Northern Ireland was released. It reported on widespread concerns about the service, and importantly, provides a blueprint for improvements and change, which may be replicated across other countries. We are privileged Mary J......

The Healing Power of Song: How Breathe Melodies for Mums is Changing Postnatal Depression Care

Ana Correia4 February 202517 February 2025

Postnatal depression remains a challenging condition affecting many women, their babies and those around them. Rebecca McGawley, Communications Manager for Breathe Arts Health Research shares evidence of the impact of singing groups on women with this condition and suggests how midwives can help spread the word about them. _________________________________________________ The......

Navigating the interconnections between maternity and midwifery healthcare, child and family support and housing provision

Ana Correia4 February 20255 February 2025

Within many high-income countries such as the UK, homelessness is rising. This includes increasing numbers of women, children and families, with many spending months and years in temporary accommodation. Associate Professor Yvonne K. Parry, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University, Professor Monica Lakhanpaul and Marta Koch, UCL Great......

Midwifery’s future under debate

Ana Correia28 January 202528 January 2025

Your wellbeing, your profession, your career, your clinical practice, your future services all addressed at the London Maternity and Midwifery Festival, 11th Feb, Royal National Hotel, near Euston, London. Our editorial director takes you through what you can see and hear. _________________________________________________ Gill Walton, the Chief Executive of the Royal......

Looking beyond the Visual Difference at birth

Paul28 January 202528 January 2025

Ruth Lester OBE FRCS, Retired Consultant Plastic Surgeon and trustee for the REACH charity Congenital differences of the upper limb are a rare disorder, and midwives may only see a handful of babies with this condition during their professional lifetime. However, parents’ experience of receiving the news that their baby......

Improving data on avoidable brain injury around the time of birth

Ana Correia20 January 202520 January 2025

The Avoiding Brain Injury in Childbirth (ABC) programme aims to support maternity services to reduce risks of avoidable harm during intrapartum care. Kirstin Webster, Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (ANNP) and Neonatal Clinical Fellow, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and Jan van der Scheer, Senior Research Associate, The Healthcare Improvement......

Navigating Neurodivergence in Perinatal Care: Understanding and Addressing the Needs of Autistic Birthing Individuals

Ana Correia20 January 202521 January 2025

The Autistic Experience of Pregnancy and Birth Pregnancy and childbirth are transformative experiences, but for autistic women and birthing people, these milestones can bring unique challenges. While autism is widely recognised as a neurodevelopmental difference, its intersection with pregnancy and childbirth remains largely underexplored in healthcare research. Within this article,......

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