International Maternity Expo awards shortlist announced
The first round of judging is over and the shortlist for the first ever International Maternity Expo awards is revealed. Take a look at who
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How to deal with stress and build resilience within the healthcare profession through laughter!
LOL Laughterworks first presented – or perhaps performed – at the Midlands Maternity & Midwifery Festival in 2019 but were such a hit that they
Wales & South West Maternity & Midwifery Festival Awards 2019 Shortlist Announced
The Wales & South West Maternity & Midwifery Festival takes place at Cardiff City Stadium on Wednesday 18th September 2019. The festival will feature our usual
Nurses and Midwives for Inclusion Health
Nurses and Midwives for Inclusion Health: Partnership in Practice is a new professional interest group of nurse and midwife practitioners working in contexts where access
“You shouldn’t have to feel you’re pushing your pregnancy aside…”
“Even when you account for ethnicity, substance misuse, smoking – an out-of-home [situation] or housing instability leads to a low birth-weight baby.” Being pregnant
Baby Buddy: embracing the power of evidence, innovation and collaboration to reduce child health inequalities
Alison Baum OBE, Chief Executive of Best Beginnings gives a plenary presentation discussing “Baby Buddy: embracing the power of evidence, innovation and collaboration to reduce
Hypermobile Ehlers Danlos Syndrome during pregnancy, birth and beyond
After the actor and activist Jameela Jamil mentioned her Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome in an Instagram comment in February and was later presented with an award by
Midwifery a global update, what this means for normal labour and birth
At the World Health Assembly this year, 194 member states agreed unanimously to put nursing and midwifery at the centre of achieving Universal Health Coverage.
Pregnancy and maternity discrimination at work
Maternity and pregnancy discrimination is unfortunately still very common, what advice can midwives give to women who are experiencing discrimination or unfair treatment? Here we
Optimizing the use of Caesarean Section
In October 2018, The Lancet published an epidemiological report on global use of caesarean sections – it put the UK figure at just over