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Midwifery Sector News

Update on the Redesigning Health Information for Parents (ReHIP) project

Paul24 January 2018

The Redesigning Health Information for Parents (ReHIP) project, led by NHS Health Scotland, is in an exciting product development and transition phase, since agreeing our Channel Mix Strategy – a transition to a “Digital first but not only” strategy – in May 2017. Thank you to the enthusiastic group of......

Midwifery Sector News

Event Preview: London Maternity & Midwifery Festival 2018

Paul23 January 2018

The London Maternity & Midwifery Festival returns to the Ilec Conference Centre, London on Tuesday 13th February 2018. To date more than 1500 midwives and student midwives have signed up to attend this year’s event, will you be joining us in London? This free to attend professional study day and......

Midwifery Sector News

The Hypnobirthing Revolution

Paul12 January 2018

Why has KGHypnobirthing spread throughout the country? Because it works. Time and time again a midwife who attends her first hypnobirthing course exclaims; ‘I’ve never seen anything like it.’ And yet many people seem to think we simply offer a few techniques to use in labour. KGHypnobirthing is far more......

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Young Parents in Foster Care Need Midwives

Paul21 December 2017

In 2017 Action for Children received 300 referrals for young parents needing foster homes where they can learn to care for their new child, in the London and Kent areas. Sarah Carter, Foster Carer Recruiter at Action for Children says “Many new parents don’t have the support network they need......

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....

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£97 million and counting, the cost of the Midwifery Shortage

Paul31 October 2017

A new report published by the RCM on the opening day of their national conference has revealed the true cost to the NHS of the current shortage of midwives – £97 million. Since last November the RCM has maintained that because of a rise in the 2015-2016 birth rate,......