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Midwifery Feature Articles

Midwifery Feature Articles

Opportunity for innovation: COVID-19 and group antenatal care in Northern Ireland

Paul
Covid-19 has provided many opportunities for implementation of change at pace and has also facilitated reflection and review of usual processes with a much sharper focus on priorities. This is particularly relevant within the provision of maternity care and education of future midwives. A model of group antenatal care and......
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Quality versus Quantity in online teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic

Paul
Sarah Esegbona-Adeigbe, Senior Midwifery Lecturer, London South Bank University, and steering group member for the Maternity and Midwifery forum, reflects on the changes experienced by educators and students through the COVID pandemic. She discusses the challenges of educating midwifery students online and questions what the future will look like. The......
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Spotlight on Breastfeeding Research 2020

Paul
The fourth annual Spotlight on Breastfeeding Research conference takes place in an unprecedented time when the whole world is fighting COVID-19 and breastfeeding has been the subject of many guidelines, consumer queries and research. As usual, the Doctoral Midwifery Research Society will bring you the most up to date research......
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LIVE STREAM: International Maternity Experience 2020

Paul
Welcome to the International Maternity Experience 2020 live stream! Join expert speakers from around the world to explore “Maternity Services after COVID-19: Recovery, Resilience, Sustainability & Rights”. COVID-19 has presented a huge challenge to maternity and midwifery services worldwide, laying bare shocking inequalities across healthcare and challenging the resilience and......
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TAKE 2: International Day of the Midwife – Leadership Voices live stream

Paul
To celebrate International Day of the Midwife, Maternity & Midwifery Forum streamed a full day of international video highlights and live streamed interviews and discussions with maternity leaders. The live stream was an overwhelming success with more than 3,400 midwives and student midwives joining in from all around the world......
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Register now to ensure mothers receive their digital maternity exemption certificate

Paul
Midwives, practice nurses and health visitors! – Register now to ensure mothers receive their digital maternity exemption certificate. Pregnant mothers and women who have given birth in the last 12 months are entitled to free NHS dental treatment and NHS prescriptions with a valid maternity exemption certificate. The NHS Business......
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Midwifery Hour Highlights: Students Stepping Up

Paul
Student midwives heading for the frontline in COVID-19 The second instalment of the Maternity & Midwifery Hour – proudly supported by MATFLIX – focuses on the students affected by the coronavirus crisis hitting global healthcare systems. Host Sue Macdonald (Co-editor, Mayes Midwifery textbook) was joined by Dr Anna Byrom (Senior......
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