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Midwifery Continuity of Carer at the sharp end: Do we take off, taxi the runway or return to the place we came from…?

Debra
Joanne Crawford is Head of Midwifery in an England NHS Trust moving toward full continuity of carer for maternity services. She reflects personally on her experience of leading the developments and the challenges faced to support staff through the changes.   Midwifery Continuity of Carer at the sharp end: Do......
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The National Maternity and Perinatal Audit: inequalities through COVID-19

Debra
The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on many walks of life are slowly coming into the public domain. In this article Kirstin Webster, ANNP and NMPA Neonatal Clinical Fellow, describes the role of the National Maternity and Perinatal Audit, presenting results from research using the audit’s data on births during......
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The Power of the Midwife: skills for recognising cancer

Debra
This month sees a global focus on cancer on World Cancer day. In this article Jude Jones, midwife advisor, and Pete Wallroth, Founder and CEO for Mummy’s Star, discuss the importance of the role of the midwife in recognising symptoms that could be pointing to cancer.   In Mummy’s star......
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Perinatal Oral Health

Debra
MOTHER OF MOLARS Oral Health Promotion – Project by Preetee Hylton RDN Preetee Hylton is a restorative/implant dental nurse at No8 Partnership in London, an ambassador and study club co-director for International Team for Implantology Dental Nurses and the creator of Mother of Molars. The pandemic has affected all of......
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Maternal Mental Health: a new model of care for women, midwives and health visitors

Debra
Midwives and health visitors at the heart of a new model of care for women with common maternal mental health problems   It is known that 1 in 5 women and birthing people will experience maternal mental health problems and they are one of the leading causes of death during......
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Cut adrift: Pandemic leaves 16,000 pregnant women and new mothers without mental health support

Paul
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Up to 1 in 5 women will experience mental health problems in pregnancy or after birth and two thirds of women will hide or underplay their illness. These figures can only be expected to have been exacerbated by the impact of Covid-19 and yet new research by the Royal College......
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Listening to fathers’ voices – #dadsMHday

Paul
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This week we marked International Fathers’ Mental Health Day, an annual event aimed at highlighting the unique mental health strengths and needs that fathers have. According to a recent survey, an alarming 65% of dads admit that having children negatively impacted their mental health, citing the top 5 contributing factors......
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“Moral Distress” from Burnout

Paul
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The Select Committee on Health and social Care , Chaired by Jeremy Hunt published its findings on Workforce Burnout and Resilience in the NHS on the 8th June, just as the stress of lockdown is to be extended a month. Commenting on the report – Andrea Sutcliffe CBE, Chief Executive......
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