Midwifery Feature Articles

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......

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......

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......

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......

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......