Women’s voices
Milli Hill, Founder, Positive Birth Movement gives a presentation discussing “Women’s voices” at the Northern Maternity & Midwifery Festival 2018....
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Rolling out A-Equip
Linda Ward, Labour Ward Manager, Warwick Hospital, South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust & Dr Elizabeth Bailey, Midwife Research Fellow, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust; University of Coventry give a presentation on Rolling out A-Equip at the Midlands Maternity & Midwifery Festival 2018....
The National Maternity and Perinatal Audit (NMPA)
Dr Tina Harris, Senior Clinical Lead Midwifery, NMPA gives a presentation discussing The National Maternity and Perinatal Audit (NMPA) at the Midlands Maternity & Midwifery Festival 2018....
The Future Midwife: Looking forward to 2030
Professor Mary Renfrew BSc RN RM PhD FRSE, Professor of Mother and Infant Health, School of Nursing and Health Sciences at the University of Dundee gives a presentation discussing “The future midwife: looking forward to 2030” at the Midlands Maternity & Midwifery Festival 2018....
The Challenges of Leadership
Dr Tracey Cooper MBE, Head of Midwifery at Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust gives a presentation discussing The Challenges of Leadership at the Midlands Maternity & Midwifery Festival 2018....
Stillbirth: Death By Another Name
David Monteith, Actor, Director, Stillbirth Activist and Founder of Grace in Action shares the stunningly moving, heartbreaking, yet ultimately inspirational story of his daughter Grace and his family’s experience of stillbirth. This presentation was made at the Northern Maternity & Midwifery Festival in Manchester and in a first at one......
Midwifery practice & the revised RCOG guidelines on Group B Strep
Jane Plumb, Chief Executive, Group B Strep Support gives a presentation on “Midwifery practice & the revised RCOG guidelines on Group B Strep: insight from affected families” at the London Maternity & Midwifery Festival 2018. Find out more about Group B Strep Support on their website here....
Deaf Nest: Improving pregnancy & childbirth experience for deaf parents
Paulina Ewa Sporek, Midwife, Croydon University Hospital NHS Trust (who won the Midwifery Achievement Award at this year’s event) gives a presentation on her project called “Deaf Nest: Improving pregnancy and childbirth experience for deaf parents” at the London Maternity & Midwifery Festival 2018. Watch the full box set of......
Varicose vulva – an uncomfortable discussion
Considering the location of this problem, it is not surprising to find that this is rather a taboo subject for many expectant ladies. Having already learned to adapt to the changing body, and what life will be like with a new arrival, many mums-to-be then have to learn to deal......
Why Waterbirth?
Women have been giving birth in deep water for millennia. Traditionally, for instance, the Pirahas women in the Brazillian Jungle practice waterbirth in the river, the water as high as their waist, as it is seen by them as being cleaner and healthier than land birth ( Emmet 2008). The......