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LIVE STREAM: Northern Maternity & Midwifery Festival 2021

Debra
Northern Maternity and Midwifery Live Stream - 29 June 2021
  Welcome to the Northern Maternity & Midwifery Online Festival 2021! The Northern Maternity and Midwifery Festival 2021 will be live streamed on this page on Tuesday 29th June 2021. A day of leadership, education and clinical updates to keep you abreast of the latest developments and innovations in maternity......
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Midwifery Feature Articles

“Moral Distress” from Burnout

Paul
Photo by Claudia Wolff on Unsplash
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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Midwifery Feature Articles

What We Need to Thrive?

Paul
In 2011, one of the Society of African and Caribbean Midwives (SoAC) leaders embarked on the journey of becoming a Mary Seacole Leadership. In the words of Martin Luther King Jr ‘Take the first step. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.’ Embarking on......
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Midwifery Feature Articles

Celebrating the public health role of midwives: the smoking cessation midwife

Paul
Photo by fotografierende on Unsplash
The role of the midwife has certainly expanded since I started my training in 1981 and I continue to be amazed at the wonderful work my colleagues engage with. Sarah Leach, is one such midwife who ‘goes the extra mile’ when it comes to giving good care. Sarah decided to......
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Videos

Improving care, reducing inequalities and saving lives: MBRRACE report and its implications

Paul
Marian Knight
Marian Knight – Improving care, reducing inequalities and saving lives: MBRRACE report and its implications from Narrowcast Media Group on Vimeo. Professor Marian Knight MA MBChB MPH DPhil FFPH FR, Professor of Maternal and Child Population Health, NPEU & Lead for the MBRRACE-UK gives a presentation discussing Improving care, reducing......
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