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Transitioning from being a student midwife to qualified has always been considered to be a steep learning curve. In this article Nicole Rajan-Brown, newly qualified midwife, explored this transfer in light of becoming independent and autonomous in practice.   Independence to autonomy: Taking off the stabilisers Midwives are autonomous practitioners,......

Midwifery Hour is a regular weekly event, discussing all things midwifery! It is now entering its ninth season. Sue Macdonald, as curator for both the Maternity and Midwifery festivals and Midwifery Hour, reflects on the last year, and the one just beginning.   New year new beginnings… …and suddenly, we......

When there is talk of the oldest profession, midwifery has a reasonable claim.   The Maternity and Midwifery Forum had built up a new video teaching and revision catalogue of over 1,000 video lectures and research presentations over the first digital decade.  This begged the question – how to make this......

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Improving maternal outcomes, and addressing the safety of women and their babies, is one of the most important challenges facing maternity systems today.   The importance of maternal safety Violence of any form during pregnancy and the childbearing year can result in devastating and traumatic experiences and outcomes for women......

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