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Activity in Pregnancy: What midwives need to know

Debra12 April 202214 April 2022

Being and remaining active in pregnancy and beyond is an important public health message. In this article Jacque Gerrard MBE, member of the Active Pregnancy Foundation Scientific Advisory Board, outlines the support and resources midwives can access and provide. Activity in Pregnancy: What midwives need to know As midwives,......

Ockenden report- the discovery of “Birth Trauma”

Debra4 April 20224 April 2022

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Ukraine stories of hope and life: birth in the bombing

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The role of the consultant obstetrician in midwifery led care

Debra28 March 20224 April 2022

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Unconscious bias – should there be a concern about unconscious incompetence?

Debra22 March 20224 April 2022

March 21st was the international day for the elimination of racial discrimination. In this article Sarah Esegbona-Adeigbe, Senior Midwifery lecturer at London South Bank university, and steering group member for the Maternity and Midwifery Forum, addresses the importance of dealing with unconscious bias in healthcare. Unconscious bias- should there be......

Tackling Bias in Healthcare Settings: Developing a Health Inequalities Strategy across the South East Region

Debra22 March 202213 April 2022

It is of concern that there is inequity of access and outcomes within maternity services. Aiming to address the inequity the perinatal mental health team at NHSE South East region have created a filmed educational resource. In this article Jenny Walsh, Clinical Lead for Perinatal Mental Health, describes the creation......

INFANT MENTAL HEALTH: Focus on parent-infant relationships to give babies the best start in life

Debra15 March 2022

Globally midwives have an important role in supporting the attachment of parents to their new baby in the early weeks after birth. It is of concern that priority for postnatal services in recent years have continued to decline, with the latest Care Quality Commission maternity survey report highlighting decreased satisfaction......

Care and decision making in pregnancy – NIHR Evidence on the support women need

Debra7 March 20227 March 2022

The UK National Institute for Health research, who fund research on maternity services, have pulled together the evidence on the support women need into one place. They explain the work below Pregnancy and childbirth can be joyful experiences. But they are not without risk and maternity services offer skilled support......

Working through COVID: A reflection on a shift

Debra7 March 2022

At the start of the COVID pandemic member of the RCN Midwifery Forum Committee, and Maternity and Midwifery steering group, Judy Evans, practising bank midwife and nurse signed up with NHS England to offer service. No immediate work was offered (thousands had no doubt signed up plus returnees to the......

March with Midwives: Is This Our Moment?

Debra7 March 2022

In November 2021 a vigil, March with Midwives, was held by birthworkers and birth supporters across the country to support midwives against a backdrop of poor staffing levels and the continued political and media storm. A further demonstration of support is to be held on March 13th in London and......

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