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It’s time to end prison sentencing for pregnant women

Debra13 December 202113 December 2021

In the last two years, two pregnant women inside UK prisons gave birth inside their cells. Both of their babies died. These deaths at HMP Bronzefield and HMP Styal made the news headlines, but they still haven’t stopped courts sending pregnant women to prison. It’s time for that to change.......

Continuity of Carer in Worcestershire

Debra6 December 2021

Continuity of Carer is where you are cared for by a team of six to eight midwives with a named midwife allocated to your care. This midwife and her team will follow you throughout your pregnancy from booking to delivery and into early days of parenthood. In this presentation, Caitlin......

Saving Lives, Improving Mother’s Care- MBRRACE Confidential Enquiry 2017-2019

Debra6 December 20216 December 2021

Dr Jenny Hall summarises the latest MBRRACE Confidential Enquiry, highlighting important aspects for midwives to take on board to prevent further maternal deaths in the future. During November MBRRACE released the next confidential enquiry on maternal deaths and morbidities across the UK for the years 2017-2019. This follows a previous......

Conversations around race, racism and ’unconscious bias’

Debra23 July 202123 July 2021

There have been a number of reports over the past year pointing to poor outcomes for black and brown women during pregnancy and childbirth. Benash Nazmeen, Specialist cultural liaison midwife and Illyin Morrison, founder of Mixing up motherhood, discuss the race, rhetoric and “unconscious bias” across maternity services. They explore......

Featured ‘Another Listen’ : Demands for respectful care across global maternity services

Debra19 July 202120 July 2021

Kay King, Executive Director for the White Ribbon Alliance in the UK, highlights the work of the global “What Women Want Campaign” and points to the in depth “Another Listen” report. This gives insightful responses of women’s expectations for humanised and respectful care across the world. In the most recent......

Midwifery Feature Articles

Maternal deaths in the UK related to COVID-19

Paul16 July 2021

There is no doubt the past year has been a major learning curve for clinicians to deal with the effects of a global pandemic, and COVID-19 in particular. Obstetricians, medical teams and midwives have also had to learn how to care for pregnant and postnatal women during this time, to......