Kirkup report Archives - Maternity & Midwifery Forum

Understanding the Healthy Start and Best Start Foods schemes

Debra12 July 202212 July 2022

In recent months the Healthy start and Best start food schemes have moved to being digital. Many eligible families are not receiving the benefits. Dr Jenny Hall explains the scheme for midwives to share with those who need them. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Understanding the Healthy Start and Best Start Foods schemes In......

Midwifery Student Retention – the critical months

Debra5 July 20225 July 2022

Midwifery Student Retention – the critical months These are critical months for midwifery student retention. As year-end approaches, among challenging news headlines and serious morale issues in the profession, what can we do to lift engagement and motivate staff and students to stay and refresh? Student engagement and retention are......

Overturn of Roe vs Wade: what happens now?

Debra5 July 20225 July 2022

In this article Dr Jenny Hall, Midwifery editor for the Maternity and midwifery forum, reflects on the overturn of the abortion law Roe vs Wade in the constitution of the United States (US) and the potential impact. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Overturn of Roe vs Wade: what happens now? This......

Developing an identity as a midwife: an impossible task?

Debra28 June 202228 June 2022

Becoming a midwife is time of evolving and developing! In this article Nicole Rajan-Brown, Third-year student midwife, University of Salford and Editor-in-Chief, The Student Midwife Journal shares some helpful tips of how to step through this minefield and develop a personal midwifery identity. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Developing an identity......

What’s in a word? The importance of language in midwifery care

Debra28 June 202228 June 2022

Over many years there has been questioning of the use of language across maternity services, particularly in relation to birth. The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) undertook a widely consultative project to establish the best choice of language that would provide clarity. Dr Mary Ross-Davie, Director of Midwifery at NHS......

Midwifery Feature Articles

It’s Kick-Off on Maternity

Paul6 July 20216 July 2021

A weekend announcement of £2 million for an RCOG review into preventing brain injuries during birth looks like a smart pre-emptive announcement ahead of today’s publication of the long awaited Select Committee report into Safety in Maternity Services. A few weeks ago NHS England announced £96 million more on maternity......