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Midwifery Forum’s Top 10 Videos of 2017

Paul18 December 2017

As Christmas approaches and the year draws to a close, critics are busy compiling their year-end lists covering everything from gadgets to movies. This year we thought we’d join them and offer our own Top 10 list of the most popular, most watched videos we have featured over the past......

Scottish Maternity & Midwifery Festival – Keynote Address

Paul12 December 20175 July 2021

Maureen Watt MSP, Minister for Mental Health gives the keynote address to the Scottish Maternity & Midwifery Festival 2017....

Perinatal mental health problems & screening

Paul12 December 20175 July 2021

Andrea Sinesi, PhD Fellow, University of Stirling leads a seminar examining “Perinatal mental health problems – The development of a screening scale for antenatal anxiety” at the Scottish Maternity & Midwifery Festival 2017. ...

The Best Start: Delivering the Five Year Forward Plan

Paul12 December 20175 July 2021

Jane Grant, Chief Executive, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and Chair of the Best Start Implementation Programme Board gives a presentation on “The Best Start: Delivering the Five Year Forward Plan for Maternity and Neonatal Care in Scotland” at the Scottish Maternity & Midwifery Festival 2017....

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder – Post Childbirth (PTSD-PC)

Paul12 December 20175 July 2021

Jenny Patterson, Midwife/ PhD Student, Edinburgh Napier University gives a seminar examining “An interpretative phenomenological analysis of the experience of provider interaction from the perspectives of women with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder -Post Childbirth (PTSD-PC) and midwives” at the Scottish Maternity & Midwifery Festival 2017. at the Scottish Maternity & Midwifery Festival......

Teaching A&E Department staff how to resuscitate the pregnant woman

Paul12 December 20175 July 2021

Lucy Powls, Educational Lead, SMMDP, NHS Education for Scotland gives a seminar on “Teaching Accident and Emergency Department staff how to resuscitate the pregnant woman, including perimortem caesarean section” at the Scottish Maternity & Midwifery Festival 2017....

Breastfeeding as a public health issue – who really decides how we feed our babies?

Paul25 October 20175 July 2021

Described as “Seriously one of the best talks I’ve EVER heard” Dr Amy Brown, Associate Professor, Public Health, Policy and Social Sciences, Swansea University gives a plenary presentation on “Breastfeeding as a public health issue – who really decides how we feed our babies?” at the Maternity, Midwifery and Baby Manchester......

A-EQUIP – A new model of midwifery supervision for England

Paul25 October 20175 July 2021

Professor Jacqueline Dunkley Bent OBE, Head of Maternity, Children and Young People, NHS England; National Maternity Safety Champion for the Department of Health gives a keynote presentation on A-Equip and leadership examining the new model of Midwifery Supervision for England at the Maternity, Midwifery and Baby Manchester 2017 study day.......

From rhetoric to reality: real partnership with women and families

Paul25 October 20175 July 2021

Dr Mary L Nolan, Professor of Perinatal Education, University of Worcester gives a plenary presentation on “From rhetoric to reality – real partnership with women and families” at the Maternity, Midwifery and Baby Manchester 2017 study day. For more videos from this event and others visit our Vimeo channel here....

#InItTogether – mentors and students building positive relationships

Paul24 October 20175 July 2021

Anna Byrom, Senior Midwifery Lecturer, University of Central Lancashire; PhD Student – Maternal and Infant Nutrition and Nurture Unit; Editor, The Practising Midwife gives a seminar presentation on “#InItTogether – mentors and students building positive relationships” at the Maternity, Midwifery and Baby Manchester 2017 study day....