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Maternity & Midwifery Festivals – TOP 10 videos of 2021
2021 has been a year with many uncertainties but the Maternity and Midwifery Forum’s in-person and and hybrid events along with the Maternity and Midwifery Hour programme each Wednesday at 7pm has not been one of them. The Maternity and Midwifery Forum throughout 2021 has brought each and everyone of......
Reflection, learning and continuing professional development
” Its slow, it’s active, it’s careful what you are thinking about, and you are thinking about it in the light of context and not just the situation you are in from which you develop your ideas going forward…… We have made changes very quickly over this year in maternity......
Non-invasive Prenatal Testing: The State of the Art in 2020
As an expectant parent in the developed world, there are certain tests you expect to be offered nowadays. You expect to be able to find out whether your child is male or female, for example, and – as far as possible – determine the risks of certain genetic and chromosomal......
Why are so many pregnant women iron deficient? And what can we do about it?
Many pregnant women are not getting the right amount of iron. For mothers, the risks of iron deficiency include poor cognition and low productivity, fatigue, palpitations, depression, low mood and anaemia. For babies: preterm birth, low birth-weight and – at the extreme end – congenital abnormalities, cognitive impairment, and a......
Informed Consent: Human Rights and Respect in Maternity Care
“This was never about blame, this was never about a particular doctor getting in trouble… this was about me wanting to understand what had happened to me and to make sure it never happened to another person.” The Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board consent case [2015] resulted in legally enforced......
“Poor quality of care is now a bigger barrier to reducing mortality than insufficient access to care.”
2020 will be the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife. Fran McConville, Midwifery Advisor at the World Health Organisation, entreats midwives everywhere to use this as an opportunity to raise the profile of midwifery, trumpet its importance, and campaign for better maternity care and the investment needed to make......
Respectful Maternity Care: A Call to Action
Dr Sheena Byrom, Director, The Practising, Midwife & Professor Soo Downe OBE, Professor in Midwifery Studies, UCLAN give a presentation discussing “Respectful Maternity Care: A Call to Action” at the International Maternity Expo 2019. Find out more about International Maternity Expo: internationalmaternityexpo.com/...
Improving care for mothers and babies a network approach
Ann Remmers has a very long job title. She is both Clinical Director, South West Maternity Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Clinical Network Regional Maternity Safety Champion and Maternal and Neonatal Clinical Lead, West of England Academic Health Science Network. It is this wealth of knowledge and experience that she......
“Behaviour is an invisible cloak that you think nobody can see… Embroider your cloak with love, kindness, goodwill, integrity, truth and honour”
England’s first Chief Midwifery Officer was appointed earlier this year. The appointment marked a shift in maternity and midwifery care in the NHS both towards midwife-led care for women and towards midwives becoming an ever-more self-governing group. In this presentation, Jennifer ‘Jenny the Midwife’ Clarke explains that a true......