Midwifery Feature Articles
Review: ‘Making Birth Better: bringing together evidence, knowledge and experience’: International Labour and Birth Research Conference 2025
The International Labour and Birth Research conference is an established event bringing together researchers and clinicians from all over the world. Elizabeth Duff, Freelance writer and International News Editor of Midwifery journal, attended the conference and shares some of the highlights. The 24th conference in this established series of annual......
Is the quality of maternity care related to the number of midwives and their workload?
Globally it is known there is a shortage of midwives. From time to time there is also a freeze on jobs being advertised for midwives across the UK due to funding issues. But what impact does this have? Dr Lesley Turner, midwifery lecturer at the University of Southampton and team,......