Science is not stopping at vaccines
The current global vaccine programme has been a huge success and raised the profile of science and its ability to analyse and change the biological
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Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Working with a mother who has been diagnosed with cancer There are around 55,900 new breast cancer cases in the UK every year and research
Love that birth physiology: even more!
Do we know enough? That is really the question. “We are not really trained that well in anatomy and physiology as far as birth is
Preventing Neural Tube Defects: Plans to add Folic acid to flour
Good nutrition in pregnancy is important for the wellbeing of the mother and the unborn fetus. A recent statement from the UK Government reveals plans
Charging for NHS maternity care – new research
In the UK there have been increasing incidents of news reports talking about cases where Trusts have charged migrant women large amounts of money for
Moving towards green pain relief
Concerns about climate change and the short and long term effects on our world remain a hot topic in the news. In the article below,
A student midwife’s reflection of 2020/21
Over the past year in the UK students in Universities (AEI) have been affected by the experience of COVID-19 lockdown. In the Maternity and Midwifery
Prioritising safety in a post-Covid world
In this talk Hayley Parkhill, Midwife with Private Midwives, shares her perspective on caring during the pandemic considering the research published throughout the last year.
The language of the new Future Midwife Standards
Dr Jacqui Williams and Verena Wallace, senior midwifery advisers at the NMC, discuss the language of the new Future Midwife standards. The new future midwife
New research unearths midwives’ problematic substance use for the first time
In recent years the pressure midwives are under is being documented across the world. Dr Sally Pezaro and Dr Karen Maher, from Coventry university, have