News Headlines 2023
Stay abreast of key messages and developments and ensure you stay in touch with your peers. Refresh this each week to find the latest headlines picked out by the Maternity and Midwifery Forum’s editorial team.
W/B Monday the 1st of May 2023
Midwives vote to accept latest government pay offer – ITV News
NMBI-Statement-of-Strategy-Consultation-Report-2023-2025.pdf – NMBI Consultation on Statement of Strategy
Consultation | Intrapartum care for healthy women and babies – NICE Guidance
Woman who miscarried fined by NHS for claiming free prescription while pregnant – The Independent
Mifepristone: US Supreme Court preserves abortion drug access – BBC News
The London Marathon runners who are proud to be slower – BBC News
Rachel Weisz on graphic birth scenes and playing twins in Dead Ringers – BBC News
Melbourne midwife suspended over two separate high-risk homebirths – The Guardian
Chinese classic makes debut at London Book Fair – The Independent
Snowdrop Suite: A new space for grieving families at Rotherham Hospital – Rotherham Advertiser
Liberia: ULCHS Receives Full Accreditation to Offer Bsc in Midwifery – All Africa
Montclair Hospital Adds Nurse Midwives To Its Pregnancy, Birthing Team | Montclair – NJ Patch
Harlow hospital reinstates gas and air in maternity unit – BBC News
Spotlight: Georgetown Graduate Works to Improve Maternal Healthcare in Zanzibar – The Hoya
Dundalk IT academic contributes to ground-breaking midwifery textbook – Louth Live
Alabama mother denied abortion despite fetus’ ‘negligible’ chance of survival – WHMI
UK’s ‘most premature twins’ are now happy and healthy one year on – Metro News
W/B Monday the 24th of April 2023
W/B Monday the 17th of April 2023
25 Powerful And Intimate Birth Photos | HuffPost UK Parenting – Huffington Post
Midland Regional Hospital formally launches midwifery-led clinic and antenatal education – Advertiser.ie
McKenzie Midwives and Lactation Services in Eugene to close Registerguard.com
Northern Ireland new model of care for pregnant women launching – Belfast Live
Poetic play ‘Expecting’ explores maternity service experiences unique to deaf community – Armagh
Tories abandon bid to stop Black mums dying in childbirth despite shocking figures – Mirror Online
York Hospital chapel to hold monthly baby remembrance services – York Press
Maternity payouts cost NHS twice the price of care itself – The Times
India’s healthcare workers struggle to promote birth control in rural areas – The Independent
Your authority on UK local government – Londoners face maternity care ‘postcode lottery’ – Local Gov
Thousands receive diagnosis after 60 new diseases found – BBC News
Former Nottingham midwife’s journey to opera stardom – BBC News
Baby born in Scots cemetery as mum’s 5am dash to hospital cut short – Daily Record
Keep a healthy life for improved productivity – Midwife – Modern Ghana
Hywel Dda University Health Board midwives training boost – Tivyside Advertiser
W/B Monday the 10th of April 2023
What lies behind the rise of the contraception app? – BBC News
More cash for mums as Maternity Allowance rises – This is Money
‘We will not cave’: governors stockpile abortion drugs as access is threatened – The Guardian
WHO celebrates 75th anniversary and calls for health equity in face of unprecedented threats – WHO
1 in 6 people globally affected by infertility – WHO
Grimsby and Scunthorpe hospitals recruit overseas midwives for the first time – Grimsby Live
Woman handcuffed by her ex escaped by pretending to go into labour – Metro News
Beverley Lawrence Beech obituary – The Guardian
Idaho Passes Law To Restrict Interstate Travel For Abortion Care For Minors – HuffPost UK Politics
Conception and fertility rates – Office for National Statistics – ons.gov.uk
Menopause testosterone patch to begin trials – BBC News
Woman breastfeeds ‘stranger’s baby’ after the mother asks ‘if I would share’ – Express.co.uk
W/B Monday the 27th of March 2023
Baby gut bacteria can help predict type 1 diabetes – The Telegraph
Six-week postnatal checks are failing many new mothers | Healthwatch
Junior doctors announce four-day strike after nurses accept pay deal | MSN
One of the UK’s largest homebirth babies born – weighing 12lb 9oz | Metro News
Idaho hospital closes its maternity ward, citing the state’s ‘political climate’ | Yahoo
Baby births to be permanently moved from Causeway Hospital to Antrim Area Hospital | ITV News
Calls for better maternity benefits in Guernsey | ITV News
Should I worry about the cancer risk from hormonal contraceptives? | The Guardian
A baby’s gut bacteria may predict future type 1 diabetes decades before diagnosis | Diabetologia
Probe of maternity failings plea to hear from families after only a quarter reply | Express.co.uk
Federal Study Calls US Stillbirth Rate “Unacceptably High” and Recommends Action | Truthout
Pregnant women in English jails are seven times more likely to suffer stillbirth | The Guardian
W/B Monday the 20th of March 2023
IOM Offers A Practical And Robust Solution To Entonox Withdr… – MENAFN.COM
Baby died after midwife error at Wirral hospital, report find – BBC News
Women to get contraceptive pills and implants from pharmacists under new NHS plans – The Independent
Junior doctor strike: NHS chief says hospitals under major pressure – BBC News
Government confirms new pay offer for NHS staff in England – The Guardian
NHS: Midwife from Tottington up for RCM award – Bury Times
First black maternal conference aims to look at racial health disparities – The Argus
Five bundles of joy for Emirati mum ahead of Mother’s Day in Dubai | Uae – Gulf News
Two US mothers sue hospitals over drug tests after eating poppy seed bagels – The Guardian
W/B Monday the 13th of March 2023
New EU arsenic rules catch Northern Ireland between Brussels and London – Financial Times
Project seeks to address culture of disrespect, abuse in maternity care in Kumasi – My Joy Online
Study finds associations between ethnicity and types of anaesthetic care provided to women while giving birth — Nuffield Department of Population Health
Midwife recognised for maternity boxes helping mothers with trauma – Wirral Globe
Whitehaven midwife urges people to return to practice – News and Star
University Hospital Wishaw’s neonatal department named UK Team of the Year – Daily Record
Midwives in Northern Ireland vote to take industrial action over pay – BBC News
Young Afghan Women Train As Midwives For Out-of-reach Villages – IB Times
An IUD coil insertion can be painful – but money women aren’t being offered pain relief – Glamour UK
A potential new treatment for endometriosis could save women from pain – Metro News
Why abortion is at an all-time high in Wales – Wales Online
W/B Monday the 6th of March 2023
Basildon midwives set for legal challenge over Entonox – Echo
Mothers denied gas and air in labour say their births were traumatic – BBC News
NHS N&N maternity ward workers pick up national gongs – Eastern Daily Press
Kent student midwife programme at risk of axe by NMC – Nursing Times
Black NHS midwife who sued hospital for race discrimination wins her claim – Daily Mail Online
Keep MUM welcomes £6.6m by Humza Yousaf for Dr Gray’s Hospital in Elgin – Northern Scot
Child and infant mortality in England and Wales – Office for National Statistics – ONS
Report: Assessment of risk during the maternity pathway – HSIB
Freedom of the City for Dame Lorna Muirhead – Liverpool Express
Texas abortion pill ruling: How case could impact nationwide access – The Washington Post
24 hours as an NHS midwife: car-park births, anti-abortion protestors and Covid fevers – iNews
Lost photos reveal love story of Birmingham doctor and midwife at City Hospital – Birmingham Live
NHS Trust accused of causing ‘pain and grief’ for family in new mothers’ inquest – ITV News Meridian
UN urged to intervene over destruction of US abortion rights – The Guardian
W/B Monday the 27th of February 2023
Open letter on nurse education: ‘Mental health deserves better’ – Nursing Times
18 midwives from South African recruitment drive to start at Nottingham hospitals – Nottingham Post
New taskforce for nursing and midwifery amid staffing crisis – The Herald
Women work two months for free, reveals TUC analysis – The Guardian
Genetic test for newborns to prevent deafness from antibiotic use – Nursing in Practice
Taliban bans contraception calling use a ‘western conspiracy’ – The Guardian
A woman dies every two minutes due to pregnancy or childbirth: UN agencies – WHO
Seeing the same midwives improves birthing experience for high-risk mothers – KCL (kcl.ac.uk)
What We Can Learn From Black Midwives About Pregnancy Care – HuffPost UK Parenting
‘Round the clock’ maternity visiting policy leaving new mums ‘uncomfortable’ – MSN
Hinchingbrooke and Peterborough City hospitals suspend gas and air – The Hunts Post
W/B Monday the 22nd of February 2023
Student Nursing Times Awards 2023 – 2023-shortlist
Gym apologises after mother asked to leave pool to breastfeed her baby – Mirror Online
Health and nutrition claims for infant formula: international cross sectional survey – The BMJ
Davina McCall has helped menopause emerge from darkness – but more must be done’ – Daily Mail
Digital Health Unplugged: A chat with Misbah Mahmood – Digital Health Net
The person-to-person transmission landscape of the gut and oral microbiomes – Nature
The BBC announces two further series of award winning drama Call the Midwife – Media Centre
England rugby maternity policy can ‘normalise motherhood in sport’ – msn.com
Passports And War Driving Pregnant Russians To Give Birth In Argentina – ibtimes.com
W/B Monday the 13th of February 2023
W/B Monday the 30th of January 2023
Maternity wards in crisis: ‘I screamed and shouted for help but there was nobody there’ – iNews
W/B Monday the 23rd of January 2023
Child mortality from trauma and sudden death rising in England, study shows – The Guardian
National survey shows decline in positive maternity experiences – Care Quality Commission
Postpartum psychosis: new mothers speak out over need for support – The Guardian
Basildon Hospital maternity staff exposed to 30 times legal gas limit – BBC News
Maternity research project gears up for launch – National Health Executive
Frances Foord obituary – The Guardian
Powys hospital’s birth centre to close for £120,000 refurb – County Times
Dedicated Midwife Awarded in King’s New Year’s Honour List | South Eastern HSC Trust – hscni.net
Midwife in Ireland awarded BEM in New years honours
Midwives on wheels? Pregnancy clinic goes mobile to bring services to Miami neighborhood (msn.com)
Mobile antenatal care by midwives being taken to traditionally more needy areas in Miami to provide better access
Father embarks on marathon effort to raise funds for neo-natal facilities – BelfastTelegraph.co.uk
Father training for marathon to raise funds for dedicated rooms for parents of stillbirth and preterm babies in Cork
New Pregnancy in Mind antenatal programme set up in Belfast to help support mental wellbeing
South Korea plans to increase parental leave to encourage increase in birth rate
How Iceland invested in parental leave, and lessons the UK can learn (inews.co.uk)
Iceland parental leave
SNP MP proposes paid leave for UK parents who experience miscarriage | Miscarriage | The Guardian
Scotland MP private members bill for paid leave following miscarriage
Baby leave exec told to clean toilets | News | The Times
Leeds employment tribunal maternity leave
East Lancashire maternity services deemed to be ‘good’ | Lancashire Telegraph
East Lancs services receive positive CQC report
Here’s how to start a career as a midwife – Glam.com
80% of women live with untreated gynaecological problems – are you one of them? – METRO
‘Free birth’: why women are choosing to have their babies at home, unassisted – iNews
How Lebanon’s financial troubles have delivered a surge in demand for midwives – thenationalnews.com
Midwives in Scotland reject latest NHS pay offer – BBC News
BKKBN supports inclusion of postpartum birth control into curriculum – Antara News
Maternity services are in crisis. Here’s how to fix them – New Statesman
National honours for Stockport NHS midwives – Marketing Stockport
Welsh midwives vote to strike, but England turnout too low – BBC News
Home birth: ‘It was just so much nicer and easier’ | HeraldScotland
Striking nurses break picket line to help man who had collapsed | JOE.co.uk
NHS trust offers free porridge and stocks fridges for staff (inverness-courier.co.uk)
The State of the World’s Midwifery 2022: East and Southern Africa – Relief Web
Florence Nightingale Foundation appoints new chair – Nursing Times
£7m investment for unified digital system for maternity services across Wales – Wrexham.com
Maternity scandal victims join fight against fixed costs | News | Law Gazette
Childbirth: Women tell of ‘obstetric violence’ while giving birth (smh.com.au)
King’s Mill Hospital maternity ward staffing levels ‘horrendous’, say midwives (msn.com)
Japan donates midwifery, childbirth equipment to Cambodia | Phnom Penh Post
Call the midwife? This may not be an option if shortages worsen (theage.com.au)
Mother ignored warning about birth, inquiry told Nurse backs doctor on baby | HeraldScotland
Midwives ‘calling in sick because they can’t afford travel’ | HeraldScotland
Trust issues update on Stroud Maternity services | Stroud Times
The NMC register mid-year update 1 April – 30 September 2022 – Nursing and Midwifery Council
Falling pregnant soon after a miscarriage found to be no more risky – Cosmopolitan
Basildon Hospital suspends entonox use over concern for staff | Echo (echo-news.co.uk)
Roger Bullivant increases parental leave (theconstructionindex.co.uk)
Are Private Members’ Bills the new hope for employment law reform? (shoosmiths.co.uk)
Letters sent to more than 1,000 families in Nottingham maternity review – BBC News
NHS Maternity Statistics, England – 2021-22 – NHS Digital
Birth stats Scotland – Public Health England
Birth stats England – Digital NHS
There’s hope for combating maternal mortality – Politico
Most Maternal Deaths Are Preventable. Why Aren’t We Preventing Them? | Opinion – Newsweek
Africa’s advances in maternal, infant mortality face setbacks: WHO
Maternal obesity soars to record level in Scotland – The Herald
Hospital deliveries pivotal in Punjab’s 14% drop in maternal mortality rate – Hindustan Times
Maternal diet disrupts the placenta–brain axis in a sex-specific manner – Nature.com
Maternal influenza vaccination during pregnancy protects infants
Ending maternal deaths in a world of 8 billion: How midwives save lives – Relief Web
Increase in death among pregnant women and new mothers – Nursing Times
‘Mind-boggling’: Twins born from embryos frozen more than 30 years ago – MSN
Changing the lives of Senegalese people disabled by clubfoot – BBC News
Is vaping better than nicotine patches during pregnancy? (nihr.ac.uk)
Play explores pregnancy deaths for women of ethnic minority backgrounds – Liverpool Echo
US home births increased in pandemic but are still uncommon | The Independent
Gloucestershire hospital to open garden for bereaved parents – BBC News
European Perinatal Health Report, 2015-2019 – Euro-Peristat (europeristat.com)
Birthrights appoints new Chief Executives – Birthrights
Experiences of midwifery care in English prisons – Abbott – Birth – Wiley Online Library
It’s Time to Tackle Air Pollution From Within Black London Communities | London Daily News
Mum gives birth during dinner party | Metro News
I’m A Celebrity’s Mike Tindall reveals details of wife Zara’s dramatic home birth – Heart
Frome Birthing Centre reopens after midwife shortage – BBC News
West Suffolk Hospital: Maternity ‘red flag’ events | East Anglian Daily Times
New Tory welfare chief said cutting maternity rights would be ‘better for business’ – Mirror Online
Retired Bristol midwife explains why so many are leaving the profession – Bristol Live
Wolverhampton midwife retires after 42 years – BBC News
How dearth of personnel hampers maternal care in Jigawa (icirnigeria.org)
Teesside MP close to tears as she shares own experiences in midwife investment plea – Teesside Live
Call for ‘laser-like focus’ on maternity care issues following East Kent review – Nursing Times
BANGOR UNIVERSITY’S MIDWIFERY COURSE RANKING BEST IN THE UK – The Bangor Aye
Nursing Times Digital Forum: Who is a digital nurse/midwife? – Nursing Times
Do in-service training materials for midwifery care providers in sub-Saharan Africa meet international competency standards? A scoping review 2000–2020 – BMC Medical Education
The best of both: creating gender equity in nursing and midwifery leadership – WHO
University of Bradford’s gender neutral language shift in midwifery – Telegraph and Argus
Post-pregnancy body positivity? On Instagram, it’s hard to find – The Guardian
Interpregnancy interval and maternal and neonatal morbidity: a nationwide cohort study – Scientific Reports
Reducing the Stigma of Postpartum Psychosis – Dangerous misinformation will keep driving poor outcomes unless we speak up – Psychology Today
Almost 15,000 women affected by perinatal mental illness per year, HSE says – Irish Times
Millions invited to take part in UK scheme to diagnose diseases earlier | Medical research – The Guardian
Child sexual abuse inquiry: key recommendations | UK child abuse inquiry – The Guardian
Bolton Midwifery team nominated for award – The Bolton News
Nuneaton’s maternity unit launches £28k ‘More Than a Room’ appeal and they need your help – CoventryLive
Basildon Hospital Entonox leak on maternity ward – Echo
Birmingham set for ‘March of the Mummies’ march in childcare protest over pay and flexible working – Birmingham Live
W/B Monday the 17th of October 2022
Midwife who endured three decades of racism celebrated in new exhibition – Wales Online
Inverness Midwife breaks silence on perimenopause – Press and Journal £
New midwife grateful to South West College for kick-starting her career ambitions – FE News
Meet 3 London-area midwives working to drive positive change in Ontario’s health-care system – CBC
Charity unveils plans to develop one million nurse and midwife leaders – Nursing Times
Midwives from Queen Alexandra Hospital to take part in the Great South Run – Portsmouth News
FNF pledges to help nurses ‘blaze the trail’ for greener healthcare – The Nursing Times
W/B Monday the 10th of October 2022
Home Office threatens to send heavily pregnant rape survivor to Rwanda – The Guardian
Welcome from Jacqueline Dunkley-Bent, Chief Midwifery Officer for England
More support needed for international nurses and midwives – NMC
HEE providing resource to all staff – Health Education England
Domestic abuse reports to leading abortion centre soared by 23% – The Independent
Heywood midwife receives national award – Bury Times
Poole head of midwifery says current site is ‘falling apart’ – Bournemouth Echo
Midwives should drop links with Slimming World, experts say – Daily Mail Online
Pilot scheme to pay pregnant women in Denbighshire who quit smoking – Rhyl Journal
RCM urges members to support strike action as ballot dates are announced – Nursing in Practice
Covid in pregnancy ‘exhausts’ the placenta and damages immune response – Metro News
Parents attend Coventry Cathedral service to help with baby loss – BBC News
Baby Loss Awareness Week: Remembrance tree at Belfast City Hall – Belfast Live
W/B Monday the 3rd of October 2022
W/B Monday the 26th of September 2022
B2011-Midwifery-Continuity-of-Carer-letter-210922 | NHS England
Many English maternity units not meeting safety standards | BBC News
NMC to put forward two ‘key changes’ to English language requirements | Nursing Times
Labour vows to fund training more nurses by reinstating 45% tax rate | Nursing in Practice
Indigenous midwifery center aims to revitalize culturally centered birth practices | Oregon Live
Darent Valley Hospital announces 90,000th birth since opening | Kent Online
Midwife Shortages Are Causing A Huge Birth Crisis | Glamour UK
W/B Monday the 19th of September 2022
Launch of the WHO guide for integration of perinatal mental health in maternal and child health services – WHO International
https://www.who.int/news/item/19-09-2022-launch-of-the-who-guide-for-integration-of-perinatal-mental-health
Health and care workforce in Europe: time to act – WHO International
https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/362379
Bar manager, 22, who was sacked for taking time off due to ‘stress-related’ recurrent bleeding during pregnancy wins £17,000 compensation – Daily Mail
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11230275/Bar-manager-22-sacked-taking-time-bleeding-pregnancy-wins-17-000.html
Midwives key to cut down c-section deliveries believe medical expert – Deccan Herald
https://www.deccanherald.com/city/top-bengaluru-stories/midwives-key-to-cut-down-c-section-deliveries-believe-medical-experts-1146267.html
Health plans to recruit amid maternity staffing decline says mid Yorkshire Hospital Trust – Wakefield Express
https://www.wakefieldexpress.co.uk/health/plans-to-recruit-amid-maternity-staffing-decline-says-mid-yorkshire-hospital-trust-3845902
Queensland Greens push for free nursing and midwifery degree to combat staff shortages – The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/sep/15/queensland-greens-push-for-free-nursing-and-midwifery-degrees-to-combat-staff-shortages
Advocates for Black maternal health want Texas to release mortality report this year – Fort Worth Star Telegram
https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/crossroads-
Measures to address “chronic hospital overcrowding” must be core part of upcoming Budget, says INMO – Joe.ie
https://www.joe.ie/news/measures-address-chronic-hospital-overcrowding-must-core-part-upcoming-budget-says-inmo-755412
What is a doula and why do I need one? – Motherly
https://www.mother.ly/pregnancy/postpartum/what-is-a-doula/
This Founder Created Maternal Health Platform Wolomi So Black Mothers Will Have A Better Chance At Surviving Childbirth – Afrotech
https://afrotech.com/layo-george-wolomi-maternal-health
‘Staggering’ and ‘sobering’: More than 80% of US maternal deaths are preventable, CDC study shows – USA today
https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2022/09/19/cdc-us-maternal-deaths-preventable/10425271002/
W/B Monday the 12th of September 2022
Major shortage of midwives to look after babies and new mums in Derby – Derby Telegraph
Manx maternity strategy ‘urgently needed’, says union – BBC News
Couple travel through Ukraine amid war to meet surrogate and bring home their baby – Metro
I Just Had A Baby At 46, And It Was Freaking Awesome – Huff Post
Generational Trauma Has A Huge Impact On Breastfeeding BIPOC Moms, Say Experts – Scary Mommy
COVID boosters well-tolerated during and after pregnancy – UW Medicine Newsroom
Cycling while pregnant: tips and advice – Bike radar
In a post-Roe world, IVF patients need laws protecting fertility care – Chicago Sun Times
W/B Monday the 5th of September 2022
Zambian midwives training in Basildon reveal huge difference working at home – Essex live
IMSS announces plans to bolster midwifery and traditional medicine – Mexico News Daily
Time to rectify past mistakes and take a woman-centred approach to labour progress – Science Direct
W/B Monday the 29th of August 2022
News for this week:
Alexandra Burke rocks breast pump in stunning outfit at Notting Hill Carnival weeks after giving birth – The Metro
Helen Salisbury: Holding on to what makes general practice special – The BMJ
https://www.bmj.com/content/378/bmj.o2002
Red flags for episiotomy in a midwife-led birth: Using co-production with midwives to capture clinical experience – Science Direct
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S187151922200110X?dgcid=author
Meraki Lingerie created by York midwives – York Press
https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/20844948.meraki-lingerie-created-york-midwives/
12, 000 Births, Zero Deaths: Malawians Celebrate Hero Midwife Charity Salima – The Nigerian Voice
Chile hospital integrates Native medicine, birth to death – The Associated Press
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/new-ways-to-incorporate-indigenous-medicine/ar-AA11f8rF
Essex NHS Trust set to welcome international midwives – In Your Area Newsroom
https://www.inyourarea.co.uk/news/essex-nhs-trust-set-to-welcome-international-midwives/
Midwifery to Covid treatment: The thankless career of an ASHA worker | Life style Women – Clear Publicist
https://www.clearpublicist.com/midwifery-to-covid-treatment-the-thankless-career-of-an-asha-worker-life-style-women/
We need to recruit more midwives’ says local MP as new report shows numbers have fallen – Redditch Standard
https://redditchstandard.co.uk/news/we-do-need-to-recruit-more-midwives-said-local-mp-as-new-report-shows-numbers-have-fallen/
Nursing and midwifery job profiles up for review – Nursing Standard
https://rcni.com/nursing-standard/newsroom/news/nursing-and-midwifery-job-profiles-review-188021
Community celebration to mark success of local maternity service – Gazette LIVE
https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/community-celebration-mark-success-local-24841467
What a picture as Hartlepool baby unit party celebrates vital maternity work – Hartlepool Mail
https://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/health/what-a-picture-as-hartlepool-baby-unit-party-celebrates-vital-maternity-work-3817582
NSW nurses and midwives agree to new strike action as union blasts Perrottet Government over ‘rampant understaffing’ – Sky News AU
https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/nsw-nurses-and-midwives-agree-to-new-strike-action-as-union-blasts-perrottet-government-over-rampant-understaffing/news-story/d73ce1eead85b9352b02dacc4dc85534
Nursing And Midwifery Associations Call Out The Urgent Need For Policy Support To Drive A Robust Health Workforce In India – India Education Diary
https://indiaeducationdiary.in/nursing-and-midwifery-associations-call-out-the-urgent-need-for-policy-support-to-drive-a-robust-health-workforce-in-india/
Concern as midwife levels in West Midlands fall while birth rate goes up – Shropshire Star
W/B Monday the 22nd of August 2022
News for this week:
Only midwives should supervise midwives – The Times £
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/only-midwives-should-supervise-midwives-gsmkcvkgd
Midwives warn of crisis on maternity wards as staff quit NHS – Inside Croydon
https://insidecroydon.com/2022/08/17/midwives-warn-of-crisis-on-maternity-wards-as-staff-quit-nhs/
Developing aspiring ethnic minority nursing and midwifery leaders – NHS England
https://globalnews.ca/news/9067075/mikmaw-women-revitalize-indigenous-midwifery/
HISTORY OF MIDWIFERY: A LOOK BACK AT MIDWIFERY DEVELOPMENTS IN ANGLOPHONE AFRICA WITH DR. JEMIMA A. DENNIS-ANTWI – The International Confederation of Midwives
Student raises money for midwifery workshop – Fiji Times
https://www.fijitimes.com/student-raises-money-for-midwifery-workshop/
Trauma of stillbirth haunts pregnant mum – Courier News
NMC denounces ‘killer student nurse’ – NMC Ghana
https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/NMC-denounces-killer-student-nurse-1603358
Queanbeyan midwife nominated for highly anticipated award after 33-year-long career – Queanbeyan Age
Nurses in Scotland to be balloted on strike action next month – Nursing Times
Chloe Madeley reveals her childbirth ‘didn’t go to plan’ as she thanks the ‘skilled and compassionate’ midwives who helped her welcome a baby girl – The Daily Mail
Plummeting’ numbers leave midwives ‘buckling’ under pressure – BBC News
Why Can’t Midwives Provide Abortion? – The TYEE
W/B Monday the 15th of August 2022
News for this week:
Precarity and preparedness during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: A qualitative service evaluation of maternity healthcare professionals – Obstetrics and Gynaecology Online Library
https://obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/aogs.14438
NHS staff shortage: Maternity services at greatest risk amid staffing crisis – Express
https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/1652995/nhs-uk-staff-shortage-maternity-failings
Review of UK nursing and midwifery job profiles to be launched – NMC
https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/policies-and-guidance/review-of-uk-nursing-and-midwifery-job-profiles-to-be-launched-11-08-2022/
Petition to reinstate Bath’s RUH home birthing services – BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-62518072?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
Most women want a ‘Call the Midwife’ birth but just two per cent get one – Wales Online
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/most-women-want-call-midwife-24709508
NHS helps thousands of pregnant smokers kick the habit across the North-West – Rochdale Online
https://www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/news-features/2/news-headlines/147426/nhs-helps-thousands-of-pregnant-smokers-kick-the-habit-across-the-north-west
Maternity care falters in Afghanistan – WSJ
https://www.wsj.com/story/maternity-care-falters-in-afghanistan-81e9c9f5
Inspection blitz on maternity units amid new system safety concern – The Times ££
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/inspection-blitz-on-maternity-units-amid-new-system-safety-concerns-t2lpsmr0x
Women forced to sell possessions just to give birth one year on from Taliban takeover – The Mirror
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/women-forced-sell-possessions-just-27737954
Poole Maternity Unit reintroduces restrictions on partner visits – Bournemouth Echo
https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/20628195.poole-maternity-unit-reintroduces-restrictions-partner-visits/
Bolton: Family hubs to be set up after multi-million pound funding boost – The Bolton News
https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/20621901.bolton-family-hubs-set-multi-million-pound-funding-boost/
Take advantage of “YouStart” – Nurses and Midwives urged – News Ghana
https://newsghana.com.gh/take-advantage-of-youstart-nurses-and-midwives-urged/
Leicester graduates set sights on nursing and midwifery roles – Students are graduating from the course that launched in 2018 – In Your Area News
https://www.inyourarea.co.uk/news/leicester-graduates-set-sights-on-nursing-and-midwifery-roles/
Baby Raphael Kolbe died after error by midwife at The Portland hospital – The Times ££
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/baby-raphael-kolbe-died-after-error-by-midwife-at-the-portland-hospital-zk8pkzhj9
Does midwifery continuity of care make a difference to women with perinatal mental health conditions: A cohort study, from Australia – NCBI
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35941058/
Insider knowledge as a double-edged sword: an integrative review of midwives’ personal childbearing experiences – BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
https://bmcpregnancychildbirth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12884-022-04962-y
Birthing On Country is a Sovereign Right For Indigenous Parents – Indigenous.com
https://indigenousx.com.au/birthing-on-country-is-a-sovereign-right-for-indigenous-parents/
W/B Monday the 8th of August 2022
News for this week:
Jersey sees increase in home births for 2022 – BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-jersey-62439933
Paramedics take part in “first of its kind” maternity training – The Lancashire Telegraph
In Australia birth trauma happens with or without a medical emergency – The Guardian
Holding a baby after stillbirth: the impact of fetal congenital and structural abnormalities – Nature.com
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41372-022-01480-9
Why is India losing an alarmingly high number of young mothers to suicide? – Scroll.in
Oxcarbazepine exposure during pregnancy ups risk of malformations, foetal death
Antepartum sleep quality, mental status, and postpartum depressive symptoms: a mediation analysis – BiomedCentral.com
https://bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12888-022-04164-y
Nursing and midwifery national profiles review – NHS Employers
https://www.nhsemployers.org/news/nursing-and-midwifery-national-profiles-review
First cohort from course to create future nurse and midwife leaders – Nursing Times
W/B Monday the 1st of August 2022
News for this week:
World Breastfeeding Week 1-7 August 2022
https://worldbreastfeedingweek.org/the-roles-of-actors-in-the-warm-chain/ – WABA
Midwives quitting as Covid pay issue ‘final straw’ – Stuff NZ
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/129302658/midwives-quitting-as-covid-pay-issue-final-straw
Celebrating 25 years of midwifery-led care in Crowborough – In Your Area
https://www.inyourarea.co.uk/news/celebrating-25-years-of-midwifery-led-care-in-crowborough/
UniSA supports initiatives to empower health workers in South Australia – Bonafide News
Hospital: “Today, We No Longer Have Enough Midwives To Deliver Babies” – Globe Echo
Covid pandemic births: Mothers ‘pitted against midwives’ – BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-62001781
Maternity failings account for the majority of the NHS’s £13bn spend on negligence – The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/maternity-failings-negligence-costs-b2129390.html
Rare medical book collection tracks tangled history of women’s health – Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/07/25/womens-health-library-sale/
Improving Birth Outcomes Among Women of Color Begins with Care that Reflects Them – Direct Relief
Wolverhampton gets its first equality and diversity specialist midwife – Express and Star
Muslim Women Even Face Discrimination During Labour And Pregnancy – Huffington Post
Family pay tribute to ‘local celebrity’ midwife known across South Derbyshire – Derby Telegraph
https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/local-news/family-pay-tribute-local-celebrity-7355202
Tales From Call the Midwife – BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/historyofthebbc/ahrc/alice-watson/
‘I can bring my baby, but I can’t vote if they cry’ – Pregnant Mole Valley councillor loses key maternity battle – Get Surrey
https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/i-can-bring-baby-cant-24538932
I clocked up 7,500 miles getting maternity care – BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-62222136
Abortion deleted from UK Government-organised international human rights statement – Humanist UK
Workforce: recruitment, training and retention in health and social care – Publication Parliament
https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5803/cmselect/cmhealth/115/report.html
W/B Monday the 25th of July 2022
I clocked up 7,500 miles getting maternity care – BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-62222136
‘I can bring my baby, but I can’t vote if they cry’ – Pregnant Mole Valley councillor loses key maternity battle – Get Surrey
https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/i-can-bring-baby-cant-24538932
Tales From Call the Midwife – BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/historyofthebbc/ahrc/alice-watson/
Family pay tribute to ‘local celebrity’ midwife known across South Derbyshire – Daily Telegraph
https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/local-news/family-pay-tribute-local-celebrity-7355202
Abortion deleted from UK Government-organised international human rights statement – Humanists UK
Workforce: recruitment, training and retention in health and social care – Parliament Publications
https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5803/cmselect/cmhealth/115/report.html
Maternity Disparities Taskforce discusses faith and human rights recommendations – Gov.uk
The Contribution of Newborn Health to Child Mortality across England – NCMD
https://www.ncmd.info/publications/newborn-health-mortality/
Ill-equipped prisons and lack of health care access leave pregnant prisoners and their children at significant risk – Nuffield Trust
NHS Scotland Academy launches National Resource to help boost staff nursing numbers – NES
Midwives like me should go on strike – the safety of Britain’s families is at stake – The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/midwives-strike-womens-health-strategy-nhs-b2128177.html
How a mermaid mural helped promote breastfeeding in Inverclyde – BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-scotland-62209751
‘Exhaustion, sadness and stress’: Midwives leaving the job as burnout takes its toll – Sky News
NHS staff to receive pay rise – Gov.uk
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/nhs-staff-to-receive-pay-rise
England’s CNO calls for fresh focus on retaining staff – Nursing Times
NHS understaffing poses ‘serious risk to patient safety’, MPs say in damning report – Manchester Evening News
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news/nhs-understaffing-poses-serious-risk-24576290
W/B Monday the 18th of July 2022
INVISIBLE – MATERNITY EXPERIENCES OF MUSLIM WOMEN (FULL REPORT)
https://www.mwnuk.co.uk/reports.php
Responding to report on Muslim women’s experiences of maternity provision – NCT New Parent Support
Retaining our nursing and midwifery colleagues – NHS England
Challenging racism will improve maternity outcomes, says midwifery lead – Nursing Times
Virtual work experience gives youngsters taste of life in the NHS – London News Online
https://londonnewsonline.co.uk/virtual-work-experience-gives-youngsters-taste-of-life-in-the-nhs/
In a post-Roe world, women of color continue a return to midwives and traditional forms of postpartum care – The Insider
https://www.insider.com/bipoc-women-of-color-pregnancy-midwives-postpartum-care-2022-
Big drop in applications to study nursing and midwifery – Nursing Notes
https://nursingnotes.co.uk/news/big-drop-in-applications-to-study-nursing-and-midwifery/
Health board suspends home births due to staff shortages- Wales Online
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/health/health-board-suspends-home-births-24480628
NMC launches consultation on education programme standards – NMC
New post-registration standards will help deliver modern, effective community care – NMC
Systematic review and meta-analysis to examine intrapartum interventions, and maternal and neonatal outcomes following immersion in water during labour and waterbirth – BMJ
https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/12/7/e056517
Queen awards NHS George Cross medal – BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-62136262.amp
Derbyshire hospital responds to rumours that baby was stolen from maternity ward – Derby Telegraph
https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/local-news/derbyshire-hospital-responds-rumours-baby-7333134
‘We hope for the best, son’ – War nears Ukraine maternity ward. – BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-europe-62157659
King’s Lynn’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital adds purpose-designed maternity ward – Lynn News
https://www.lynnnews.co.uk/news/designed-for-life-new-maternity-ward-opens-at-hospital-9263714/
Pregnant cleaner called ‘pathetic’ for taking rest break was discriminated against, tribunal finds – People Management
In a post-Roe world, women of colour continue a return to midwives and traditional forms of postpartum care – The Insider
https://www.insider.com/bipoc-women-of-color-pregnancy-midwives-postpartum-care-2022-7
Health board suspends home births due to staff shortages – MSN News
Health board suspends home births due to staff shortages – Nottingham Post
W/B Monday the 11th of July 2022
Roe v Wade: Abortion pills a new front in culture wars
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-61973510
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-62133779
‘Thank the lord, I have been relieved’: when abortion was safer than childbirth
Donna Ockenden: Nottingham maternity review team to meet families
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-62096733.amp
Trend and causes of maternal death, stillbirth and neonatal death over seven decades in Hong Kong
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanwpc/article/PIIS2666-6065(22)00138-9/fulltext
‘It’s just a back-pedaling of advancement.’ A Kentucky birth caregiver impacted by Roe v. Wade reversal
Water births provide ‘clear benefits’ for healthy mums and their newborns, with fewer complications
https://inews.co.uk/news/health/water-births-clear-benefits-healthy-mums-1725150
New neonatal cooling education resources for better treatment of babies suffering a lack of oxygen during birth
New neonatal cooling education resources for better treatment of babies suffering a lack of oxygen during birth
https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/tv/channel-4-documentary-belfast-midwives-24366958
NHS must disclose risks of giving birth in midwifery-led unit, Donna Ockenden warns
Nursing and midwifery research grants to drive innovation – Queensland
https://statements.qld.gov.au/statements/95639
NMC director Geraldine Walters announces departure
Long Covid: Midwife’s anger over new no-pay rule in NHS
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-62064477
Midwives reveal the 3 things that can boost your chances of getting pregnant – as they launch FREE advice hub
https://www.thesun.ie/health/9056804/midwives-boost-chances-pregnant-free-advice-hub/
W/B Monday the 4th of July 2022
Countess of Chester director cancels Q&A appearance
https://www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/20237881.countess-chester-director-cancels-q-appearance/
‘Midwifery is a side of me people don’t see’
https://www.okehampton-today.co.uk/news/midwifery-is-a-side-of-me-people-dont-see-551220
COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy: a midwifery survey into attitudes towards the COVID-19 vaccine
https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-022-13540-y
It’s nonsense to say sex is assigned at birth according to NHS midwives
My Expert Midwife plans expansion with VC backing
Life as a midwife aid worker: ‘Plagued by vivid dreams of the patients I felt I had failed’
https://www.bigissue.com/culture/books/anna-kent-frontline-midwife-aid-worker/
“Don’t give up hope.” 2 women share what it’s really like for nurses and midwives in 2022.
https://www.mamamia.com.au/nurse-and-midwife-support/
Midwives expose crisis in Wollongong Hospital’s maternity ward
One to One Midwives collapse inquiry ongoing three years on
W/B Monday the 27th of June 2022
With Roe overturned, Indigenous communities say it was always impossible for them to access abortion services – Insider
https://www.insider.com/roe-overturned-harder-for-indigenous-communities-to-access-abortion-2022-5
I used my maternity leave to go backpacking with my newborn – The Metro
Councillors to get maternity leave under new plans – Irish Examiner
https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/politics/arid-40904441.html
Cheltenham maternity unit to remain closed – Punchline Gloucester
https://www.punchline-gloucester.com/articles/aanews/cheltenham-maternity-unit-to-remain-closed
Call to allow women to defer maternity leave after cancer diagnosis – Irish Examiner
https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40903268.html
Petition to increase Statutory Maternity Pay amid cost of living crisis reaches 24k signatures – Glasgow LIVE
https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/petition-increase-statutory-maternity-pay-24307745
Lewisham Maternity Services awarded Gold Pride in Practice Award – Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
‘In April, the Taliban killed a midwife, amputating her legs, shooting her 12 times because she was a woman and a Hazara’ – GG2
Lost children of lockdown: When Covid struck, early years health checks stopped – with devastating consequences for a generation. This landmark investigation uncovers the tragedy of the forgotten newborns never seen by a nurse – Daily Mail
W/B Monday the 20th of June 2022
Most midwives cannot access bereavement care training during working hours – The Hippocratic Post
https://www.hippocraticpost.com/nursing/most-midwives-cannot-access-bereavement-care-training-during-working-hours/
Sussex midwives pioneer app to overcome language barriers – Digital Health
https://www.digitalhealth.net/2022/06/sussex-midwives-pioneer-app-to-overcome-language-barriers/
What is the Re:Birth project? – RCM
https://www.rcm.org.uk/rebirth-hub/what-is-the-rebirth-project/
Expectant Black mothers find support with doulas and midwives – ABC News
https://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/video/expectant-black-mothers-find-support-doulas-midwives-85403258
Women to get shopping vouchers when pregnant to help quit smoking – The Sun
https://www.thesun.co.uk/health/18834793/women-shopping-vouchers-pregnant-quit-smoking/
National Maternity and Perinatal Audit Clinical Report 2022 – Maternity Audit
https://maternityaudit.org.uk/FilesUploaded/Ref%20336%20NMPA%20Clinical%20Report_2022.pdf
Supporting midwifery is the answer to the wicked problems in maternity care – The Lancet
Save South Tyneside Hospital Campaign group to hold protest against continued closure of Midwife Led Birthing Centre – Shields Gazette
NHS Lanarkshire embracing Scottish Breastfeeding Week as feeding rates in the region rise – Daily Record
Doctors warn against over-medicalising menopause after UK criticism – The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/jun/15/doctors-warn-against-over-medicalising-menopause-after-uk-criticism
NHS England latest employer to back Menopause Workplace Pledge – Wellbeing of Women
https://www.wellbeingofwomen.org.uk/news/nhs-england-latest-employer-to-back-menopause-workplace-pledge#:~:text=Last%20year%2C%20NHS%20England%20published%20an%20internal%20menopause,easy%20access%20to%20cold%20water%20and%20bathroom%20facilities
W/B Monday the 13th of June 2022
Amid abortion debate, clinic asks: Who’s caring for moms? – MSN News
MSPs urged to improve maternity services and stop rural babies being born at roadside – Daily Record
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/msps-urged-improve-maternity-services-27153885
Nurses recruited from countries with shortages – The Times
HEALTH MATTERS: Maternity services are a hugely important part of what we do at NHS Highland – Inverness Courier – Inverness Courier
Timely delivery with University of Northampton Midwifery students’ money challenge – Northampton Chronicle and Echo
Mid and South Essex midwives receive prestigious awards – Halstead Gazette
https://www.halsteadgazette.co.uk/news/20197843.mid-south-essex-midwives-receive-prestigious-awards/
Burned out or leaving for overseas: Midwifery sector in downward spiral, says union – RNZ
Sajid Javid says ‘women’ should not be removed from ovarian cancer page – MSN News
Breastfeeding mums demand end to prison for pregnant women in protest – The Metro
Maternity leave pushing new mums into debt – including an average £1,770 in student loan interest – figures show – Sky News
Migrant women charged up to £14,000 for NHS maternity services in England – The Guardian
Maternity workforce e-learning resource – Health Education England
https://www.hee.nhs.uk/news-blogs-events/news/maternity-workforce-e-learning-resource
W/B Monday the 6th of June 2022
Dundee academics recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours – Daily Record
Responding to the Ockenden Review: safe care for all needs evidence-based system change – and strengthened midwifery – Science Direct
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0266613822001437
Dylan and Will McMahon: brothers behind the UK’s only baby milk producer – The Guardian
Abbott: US baby formula plant linked to national shortage resumes production – BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-61690382
Childbirth is often a lonely and frightening experience – The Guardian
Evidence shows midwifery education in Bangladesh is making real impact by improving women’s access to safe childbirth – www.gov.uk
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/evidence-shows-midwifery-education-in-bangladesh-is-making-real-impact-by-improving-womens-access-to-safe-childbirth
University of Bedfordshire student crowned ‘Midwife of the Year’. – Bedford Today
New TV series to follow Belfast midwives as they embark on career. – Belfast Telegraph
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Trainee doctors in ‘meltdown’ at major hospital maternity department – Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/doctors-meltdown-hospital-maternity-b2092071.html
MSPs urged to improve maternity services and stop rural babies being born at roadside – Daily Record
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/msps-urged-improve-maternity-services-27153885
Children who are breastfed for a long period are brighter than those who are not – Cheshire Live
https://www.cheshire-live.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/children-who-breastfed-long-period-24059808
To what extent does confounding explain the association between breastfeeding duration and cognitive development up to age 14? Findings from the UK Millennium Cohort Study – PLOS ONE
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/articleid=10.1371/journal.pone.0267326
W/B Monday the 30th of May 2022
New partnership with Scottish Government on endometriosis research – Wellbeing of Women
NMC to launch consultation on English language requirements this summer – Nursing Times
Phillips Ives review to look into digital readiness of nurses and midwives – Digital Health
Retention to ‘crucial’ to fixing workforce ‘crisis’, say nursing and midwifery leaders – Nursing in Practise
Off-duty Durban midwife helps deliver homeless woman’s baby on roadside – Times live
Student midwife from Maidstone starts petition for more help with childcare costs for healthcare trainees – Kent Online
Nottingham maternity units still have serious problems, report says – The Guardian
NMC asked to cut its annual registration fee amid cost of living crisis – Nursing Notes
Pregnant HR worker wins £9,000 payout after she was refused pay rise because she was due to go on maternity leave in four months – Mail Online
Pregnant woman who says male colleague told her maternity leave like a “holiday” gets payout – MSN News
Donna Ockenden speaks out amid growing calls for her to head review into Nottingham maternity services – MSN News
Donna Ockenden speaks out amid growing calls for her to head review into Nottingham maternity services – Daily Record
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/ayrshire/ayrshire-maternity-unit-rules-change-27054753
Future of Dewsbury maternity ward in major doubt as MP calls ‘urgent meeting’ with hospital chiefs – MSN News
Belfast Midwives: New series to go behind the scenes at Belfast’s maternity ward – MSN News
No room at the inn: Midwife shortage closes Bethlehem Birthing Centre
W/B Monday the 23rd of May 2022
Inquiry into racial injustice in maternity care – Birthrights
https://www.birthrights.org.uk/campaigns-research/racial-injustice/
Taskforce calls for targeted primary care interventions to tackle maternity inequalities – The BMJ
https://www.bmj.com/content/377/bmj.o1287
‘Irreversible stress’: Nearly 2,000 oppose move to suspend Cranham and Upminster midwifery service – Romford Recorder
Health sector requires love and compassion, says former midwife – New Times
https://www.newtimes.co.rw/lifestyle/health-sector-requires-love-and-compassion-says-former-midwife
The Bath midwife who helps grieving parents with dignity and care – Somerset Live
https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/bath-midwife-who-helps-grieving-7114829
NMC proposes changes to English language requirements – Nursing Times
Neilston: Kirsty Johnstone embarks on midwifery career – Barr Head News https://www.barrheadnews.com/news/20118841.neilston-kirsty-johnstone-embarks-midwifery-career/
Numbers of nurses and midwives leaving NHS highest for four years – The Guardian
Thirteen babies born at home – and more planned – as trust sets up dedicated team – Armaghi.com
Maternity services at Nottingham Hospitals expected to remain ‘inadequate’ – Nottingham Post
https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/maternity-services-nottingham-hospitals-expected-7104925
Police fail parents whose babies died in alleged negligence incident, more ‘victims’ come forward – Mail and Guardian Africa
Investigation into death of two-day-old baby born at Burton Hospital – Staffordshire live
https://www.staffordshire-live.co.uk/news/burton-news/investigation-death-two-day-old-7098447
W/B Monday the 16th of May 2022
Highest number of new Fellows elected to the Academy of Medical Sciences from across the UK
“Demonstrating the team science principle that the Academy embodies, Professor Mary Renfrew FMedSci, the first midwife to be elected to the Academy, developed multidisciplinary collaborations which have had a profound impact on public health policy and midwifery practice nationally and internationally.”
Bulgaria boasts Europe’s best Maternity Package – The HR Director
Health board closes maternity wards at some of its hospitals for six months due to staff shortages – Wales Online
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/health-board-closes-maternity-services-23908248
Sinn Féin to table motion calling for maternity hospital to be built on State land – Irish Examiner
https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40871045.html
Maternity charges in NHS widen health inequalities – THE BMJ
https://www.bmj.com/content/377/bmj-2022-071154.full?ijkey=bVNKSkGV5bHPgrw&keytype=ref
Revised visiting guidelines released for maternity and neonatal services in Wales – Wrexham
Fond farewell party for retiring midwife – Northern Times
https://www.northern-times.co.uk/news/fond-farewell-party-for-retiring-midwife-274990/
TVs Call the Midwife ‘very much what it was like back then’ – Express and Star
Over 1,300 nursing and midwifery university places part of new £2.1m health boost – Belfast Telegraph
First-time mother inspired to become midwife after her ‘phenomenal’ experience – Express and Star
REF 2021: Allied health professions, dentistry, nursing and pharmacy – Times Higher Education
W/B Monday the 9th of May 2022
Mariupol midwife: ‘They are not liberating us. It’s murder, plain and simple’ – ITV News
Senegal midwives go on trial in Louga over Astou Sokhna’s death – BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-61335534
Apprenticeship to offer ‘new route’ into midwifery in North Cumbria – ITV News
https://www.itv.com/news/border/2022-05-05/new-midwifery-apprenticeship-in-north-cumbria
NHS boosts care for mums and babies as hundreds of international midwives recruited – Evening Express
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1606822/midwives-nhs-staffing-crisis-health\
Tommy Mallet told Georgia Kousoulou’s midwife ‘she’s not OK’ after staging intervention – OK
https://www.ok.co.uk/celebrity-news/tommy-mallet-intervention-georgia-kousoulou-26888406
NHS boosts care for mums and babies as hundreds of international midwives recruited – NHS England
Midwives IDM – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nLog7wQ0dY
Reversing Roe vs Wade would shatter women’s rights – Financial Times
‘Reasonable adjustments are everybody’s responsibility’ – Nursing Times
Nursing leaders officially open new national nursing and midwifery test centre at Leeds General Infirmary – Yorkshire Evening Post
UAB relaunching nurse-midwifery program – WBRC
https://www.wbrc.com/2022/05/06/uab-relaunching-nurse-midwifery-program/
Government advised against compulsory purchase of new Maternity Hospital site – Irish times
Ockenden report shows need for proper investment in workforce planning – BMJ
https://www.bmj.com/content/377/bmj.o1119
Statement from Minister for Health to INMO’s Annual Delegate Conference – gov.ie
NMC further expands OSCE testing capacity with opening of fifth centre – Nursing Times
Boost to Ethiopia’s Midwifery Training Improves Maternal Care – All Africa
https://allafrica.com/view/group/main/main/id/00081937.html
Measures stressed for preventing death of women during pregnancy – Daily Times
https://dailytimes.com.pk/930087/measures-stressed-for-preventing-death-of-women-during-pregnancy/
How special uniforms for Indigenous midwives could improve outcomes for Indigenous mothers and babies – Women’s Agenda
Investing in midwives is crucial for sustainable development – China Daily
http://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202205/05/WS627315c3a310fd2b29e5a9be.html
31 students complete midwifery training in Kandahar, Afghanistan – Pajhwok Afghan News
https://pajhwok.com/2022/04/25/31-students-complete-midwifery-training-in-kandahar/
Minister of Indigenous Services Canada Issues Statement on the International Day of the Midwife – News Wire
SWAH: No babies transferred during temporary neonatal closures – The Impartial reporter
Government advised against compulsory purchase of new Maternity Hospital site
– The Irish Times
W/B Monday the 2nd of May 2022
W/B Monday the 26th of April 2022
Bath’s RUH birthing centres and home births closure extended – BBC News: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-61173088
Too afraid to get out of bed in the morning – that’s how the a-c-t’s nursing and midwifery federation describes the state of staff at the dhulwa mental health unit. – Korea Herald:
http://www.koreaherald.com/global_insite/view.php?ud=x8a71xr
One year after regulations, the Yukon still has zero midwives – Yukon News:
https://www.yukon-news.com/news/one-year-after-regulations-the-yukon-still-has-zero-midwives/
Royal Bolton: More than a dozen midwives lost over last year – The Bolton News:
https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/20077702.royal-bolton-dozen-midwives-lost-last-year/
Job opportunity – Times Higher Education:
Ambitious plans announced for the Nursing and Midwifery professions – Wales 247:
https://www.wales247.co.uk/ambitious-plans-announced-for-the-nursing-and-midwifery-professions
Six Senegalese midwives charged over pregnant woman’s death – Macau Business:
https://www.macaubusiness.com/six-senegalese-midwives-charged-over-pregnant-womans-death/
Nurses and midwives face three-quarter of a million pound student debt – Nursing Notes:
Busy 24 hours at Vale of Leven Hospital as midwives deliver three babies – Daily Record:
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/busy-24-hours-vale-leven-26757502
Midwife named among top research leads – in role traditionally performed by doctors – North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust – News Anyway:
‘I Heard Things That Will Stay With Me For The Rest Of My Days’ – Donna Ockenden On Why Maternity Care In The UK Must Improve – Grazia Daily:
W/B Monday the 18th of April 2022
Yorkshire Midwives on Call, BBC2, review: Childbirth as it is in real life – miraculous and entirely normal
https://inews.co.uk/culture/television/yorkshire-midwives-on-call-bbc2-review-1581066
Pregnancies fell in 2020 for fifth year in a row, data shows
Number of midwives in Worcestershire increases
https://www.malverngazette.co.uk/news/20069616.number-midwives-worcestershire-increases/
Midwife puts focus on Black maternal health
https://www.today.com/video/midwives-shine-light-on-inequalities-in-healthcare-137715269652
BBC’s Yorkshire Midwives on Call to start on Easter Monday
Hospital staff instructed to ‘cry privately’ as they reach breaking-point
How Zambia has reduced maternal deaths by 300 per cent in 16 years
https://reliefweb.int/report/zambia/how-zambia-has-reduced-maternal-deaths-300-cent-16-years
In this refugee camp, midwives have delivered over 14,000 babies with zero maternal deaths
The Ward Round: Midwifery in crisis
https://www.hsj.co.uk/expert-briefings/the-ward-round-midwifery-in-crisis/7032295.article
This cult of the ‘normal’ birth is dangerous
Nurses and midwives invited to recruitment event for Sandwell hospitals
The Times view on dangerous maternity care: Safer Births
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-times-view-on-dangerous-maternity-care-safer-births-p3hmwtndl
Huge drop in midwives’ morale amid Ockenden fallout
https://www.hsj.co.uk/workforce/huge-drop-in-midwives-morale-amid-ockenden-fallout/7032277.article
Two unvaccinated new mums die from covid weeks after having babies in Staffordshire
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/black-country/two-unvaccinated-new-mums-die-23664872
Is this childbirth’s #MeToo moment?
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/04/13/childbirths-metoo-moment/
The Momnibus Bill: What’s In It, What It Will Do & How it Will Help End the Black Maternal Healthcare Crisis
Nearly Half of Rural Hospitals Lose Money on Childbirth Services
https://dailyyonder.com/nearly-half-of-rural-hospitals-lose-money-on-childbirth-services/2022/04/13/
Scots consultants demand urgent action over anti-abortion protests that ‘bully patients’
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/scots-consultants-demand-urgent-action-26710376
What is a rainbow baby?
https://metro.co.uk/2022/04/09/what-is-a-rainbow-baby-2-16432845/
North East NHS trust removes ‘normal births’ midwife job advert after campaigners raise concerns
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/health/northumbria-midwife-advert-normal-births-23644865
W/B Monday the 11th of April 2022
MIDWIFERY NEWS
BBC’s Yorkshire Midwives on Call: Bradford team and families filmed for new series – Telegraph & Argus: https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/20056964.bbcs-yorkshire-midwives-call-bradford-team-families-filmed-new-series/
‘Disappointing’ to have no nursing or midwifery member on new Covid advisory group, INMO says – TheJournal.ie: https://www.thejournal.ie/inmo-disappointed-covid-advisory-group-5734558-Apr2022/
Miscarriage: Tens of thousands have PTSD symptoms – BBC News: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-60941650
The (home) baby boom: why more women are shunning hospital births – The Metro: https://metro.co.uk/2022/04/11/yorkshire-midwives-on-call-why-women-are-shunning-hospital-births-16417597/
The Ockenden review and women’s health in the UK – The Lancet: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(22)00654-7/fulltext
Royal visit for Inverurie maternity unit from HRH The Princess Royal – Grampian Online: https://www.grampianonline.co.uk/news/royal-visit-for-inverurie-maternity-unit-271079/
Warnings over surge in listeriosis cases – RCM: https://www.rcm.org.uk/news-views/news/2022/warnings-over-surge-in-listeriosis-cases/
Warning over deadly listeria outbreak linked to smoked fish as 12 Brits fall ill – The Mirror: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/warning-over-deadly-listeria-outbreak-26642304
Woman (45) who claimed she suffered brain damage at birth awarded €5m – Breaking News ie: https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/woman-45-who-claimed-she-suffered-brain-damage-at-birth-awarded-e5m-1286664.html
The role of the natural birth movement in the NHS maternity scandal is being ignored – iNews: https://inews.co.uk/opinion/the-role-of-the-natural-birth-movement-in-the-nhs-maternity-scandal-is-being-ignored-1558556
Maternal death due to COVID-19 and high BMI: A case report from Hamadan, Iran -Online Library: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ccr3.5704
Serena Williams Opened Up About Nurses Dismissing Her Medical Concerns After Giving Birth And It’s A Harrowing Reflection Of Racial Bias In Medicine — Buzz Feed: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stephaniesoteriou/serena-williams-ignored-nurses-childbirth-black-women
“I want nursing and midwifery to be the most attractive career choices for health professionals” – Wrexham.com: https://www.wrexham.com/news/i-want-nursing-and-midwifery-to-be-the-most-attractive-career-choices-for-health-professionals-217670.html
Head of midwifery and chief nurse at Rotherham NHS Trust offers “heartfelt condolences” to families affected by Ockenden review – The Star: https://www.thestar.co.uk/health/head-of-midwifery-and-chief-nurse-at-rotherham-nhs-trust-offers-heartfelt-condolences-to-families-affected-by-ockenden-review-3641073
‘Most maternity care failings haven’t been exposed yet’ – The Week: https://www.theweek.co.uk/instant-opinion/956318/most-maternity-care-failings-havent-been-exposed-yet
Lagan Valley: Mother of stillborn boy ‘did not feel safe in unit’ – BBC News: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-60960265
London Ambulance Service consultant midwife receives MBE at Windsor Castle – London Ambulance: https://www.londonambulance.nhs.uk/2022/04/01/london-ambulance-service-consultant-midwife-receives-mbe-at-windsor-castle/
Midwifery a candidate for UNESCO’s intangible cultural heritage list – Cyprus Mail: https://cyprus-mail.com/2022/04/05/midwifery-a-candidate-for-unescos-intangible-cultural-heritage-list/
W/B Monday the 4th of April 2022
MIDWIFERY NEWS
The midwife crisis demands action — before it is too late – The New Statesman
Ockenden Report PDF file – FINAL
Shrewsbury maternity scandal: Better care might have saved 201 babies – BBC News
Pregnant women to be offered first test to help diagnose pre-eclampsia – NICE
Parent charity NCT deletes natural birth guidance that says ‘mothers will be more satisfied’ – iNews
Ben Mee interview: ‘The premature birth of my daughter was scary, but the NHS staff were incredible’ – iNews
Mum whose baby died at Shrewsbury Hospital claims midwives ‘refused to see her’ – The Mirror
NHS maternity scandal probe boss warns similar tragedies could happen at other hospitals – The Mirror
New intervention decreases cesarean rate and improves maternal blood loss – Medical Express
Midwifery-led births paused for safety review a week after Royal College of Midwives demands more investment and staff – follows Donna Ockenden Report – NewsLetter
Lack of gender balance in interview panel for Rotunda Hospital master was ‘a spectacular own goal’ – Independent.ie
37 Military Nursing and Midwifery Training College admits students – Graphic Online
Women and babies remain at risk of unsafe NHS care, experts warn – The Guardian
New video explains why stillbirth is not the mother’s fault – Newcastle University, Australia
Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust ‘failed to investigate, learn and improve’ says report – Sky News
Ockenden Report: Safe staffing and accountability among ‘must-do’ improvements – Shropshire Star
Ockenden report exposes failures in leadership, teamwork, and listening to patients – The BMJ
The 15 areas of ‘immediate action’ Ockenden report demands to improve NHS maternity care – ITV News
Ockenden report: statement by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care – gov.uk
Top midwife says maternity staff shortage makes it ‘increasingly more difficult’ to provide safe care – iNews
Lagan Valley: South Eastern Trust pausing births at midwife-led unit – BBC News
Taliban tortured and killed midwife in Mazar-e-Sharif – Rawa Runews
Midwife brutally murdered in Afghanistan – Qatar Tribune
Seek preconception care services – Ghana News
Royal visit for Inverurie maternity unit from HRH The Princess Royal – Grampian Online
W/B Monday the 28th of March 2022
MIDWIFERY NEWS
NHS announces £127 million maternity boost for patients and families – NHS England
Same Weymouth Midwife Who Delivered Parents Delivers Their Baby – Patch
Former Welsh rugby player helps Jersey mums get fit – BBC News
‘What I learned during my 42 years as a neonatal nurse’ – Irish Examiner
Covid-19 Omicron outbreak: Hospitals face influx of infected pregnant women worried their baby isn’t moving – NZ Herald
Grandma’s nightmare’s come true as daughter gives birth during bombing – The Metro
Ukrainian refugee prepares to give birth in Ireland after walking the final 6km to the border – The Times £
W/B Monday the 21st of March 2022
MIDWIFERY NEWS
Protection of perinatal mental health during the war in Ukraine – The Lancet
Jennie Joseph: Women of the Year – TIME Magazine
WHO issues new guidelines on abortion to help countries deliver lifesaving care – WHO
Reduction in severe perineal tearing when two midwives are present during childbirth – Eurekalert
Money for digital transformation supports improvements in maternity care in Worcestershire – Evesham Observer
In Nunavut, a push to blend traditional Inuit birthing practices with modern doula care – The Globe and Mail
David Beckham hands his Instagram Stories account to doctor in Ukraine – The Guardian
NHS to encourage older midwives to stay on and become ‘mentors’ to younger colleagues rather than retiring early – The Daily Mail
Midwife says she’s ‘so happy to be back’ after a 20 year break from the NHS – Heart News
Raw photos from birth photography competition capture exhaustion and emotions of childbirth – The Metro
Pregnant women should not drink any alcohol, new advice suggests – ITV News
Changing the mentality of abuse towards pregnant women in health care – RFI
Health chiefs urge pregnant women in Lanarkshire to get vaccinated against Covid – Daily Record
Brave Bury nurse travelled to Poland to help Ukrainian refugees – Bury Times
House of Lords votes for at-home abortion provision – politics.co.uk
W/B Monday the 14th of March 2022
MIDWIFERY NEWS
New WHO abortion guidelines pivotal to end unsafe abortions globally – RCOG
Doctors from across NHS gather drugs and equipment to take to Ukraine – The Guardian
Midwives ‘guilty of misconduct’ over Shropshire baby’s death – BBC News
Mum gives birth to 10lb baby weighing as much as a bag of potatoes with no pain relief – Metro
Ukraine war: Three dead as maternity hospital hit by Russian air strike – BBC News
Families ‘frustrated’ at delay in publication of maternity scandal report – The Guardian
Meet the midwife daring in conflict zones – Nation Africa
Tributes to ‘one in a million’ Gwynedd midwife who ‘dedicated her life to helping others’ – MSN News
BBC1’s Call The Midwife’s Helen George opens up about the pregnancy condition cholestasis – Coventry Telegraph
Midwife shortage increasing risks to Derby mums and babies – Derby Telegraph
Tomah nurse midwife excited for Uganda medical mission – The Journal
These Devoted Amazonian Midwives Are Keeping Traditional Birthing Rituals Alive – Vogue
I had an abortion – and my experience shows how broken the UK system truly is – The Independent
Agnes Sampson: Who was the famous East Lothian midwife, and how was she accused, and then murdered, for witchcraft in Scotland? – Edinburgh News
Nicola Sturgeon apologises to ‘witches’ on International Women’s Day – The Metro
Overseas staff celebrated by Black Country NHS trusts – Guernsey Press
HSC will not restart home births support – Express and Star
W/B Monday the 7th of March 2022
MIDWIFERY NEWS
Voices: The surprisingly significant environmental benefits of breastfeeding – Yahoo News
Top midwife says sorry for lives lost to ‘normal birth’ drive – The Times £
The final push: Feminism on the labour ward – Press and Journal
The Impact of COVID-19 on Breastfeeding Rates in a Low-Income Population – NCBI
Obstetrician Neel Shah Joined the Telehealth Revolution – Wall Street Journal
Humanitarian aid is urgently needed to help the 80,000 babies that will be born in war-torn Ukraine in the next 3 months, say women’s health experts – Business Insider
Russia war: Hundreds of surrogate mothers, babies and embryos stuck in Ukraine leaving UK couples in turmoil – iNews
Russian invasion hits Ukraine’s booming surrogacy industry. What happens to birth mothers and their babies? – FirstPost
In Kyiv, babies are being born into the maw of hell – The Telegraph £
Parents united with baby born through surrogacy thank Ukrainian people – IrishTimes
Mothers cradle hours-old babies in makeshift bomb shelter beneath Ukraine hospital – The Mirror
Ukrainian baby born in hospital bunker after Russian missile shatters maternity ward – The Independent
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY: #BREAKTHEBIAS – International Confederation of Midwives
Midwife-supported home births scrapped in Guernsey – BBC News
Nursing and midwifery vacancies in Scotland reach record high – Nursing Standard
#NursesforPeace: How nurses can support colleagues in Ukraine – Nursing Times
W/B Monday the 28th of February 2022
MIDWIFERY NEWS
RCM Statement following BBC Panorama programme on maternity services at Shrewsbury & Telford Hospital Trust
New taskforce to level-up maternity care and tackle disparities
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-taskforce-to-level-up-maternity-care-and-tackle-disparities
Black Women Have Been Dying In Childbirth, Why Has A Taskforce Taken This Long?
Maternal mortality rates increased during 1st year of COVID pandemic: CDC https://abcnews.go.com/Health/maternal-mortality-rates-increased-1st-year-covid-pandemic/story?id=83061990
(Full Report) https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hestat/maternal-mortality/2020/E-stat-Maternal-Mortality-Rates-2022.pdf
Maternal mortality trends in Spain during the 2000-2018 period: the role of maternal origin
https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-022-12686-z
Globetrotting midwife teaches the next generation to deliver Welsh babies
https://www.wales247.co.uk/globetrotting-midwife-teaches-the-next-generation-to-deliver-welsh-babies
Calls to end migrant maternity charge over safety fears
PHA: New research highlights essential role of nurses and midwives across Northern Ireland
Covid-19: Rise in ‘free birthing’ blamed on midwife shortage
Midwifery: The fulcrum for humanising childbirth in India
How Zambia has reduced maternal deaths by 300 per cent in 16 years
https://reliefweb.int/report/zambia/how-zambia-has-reduced-maternal-deaths-300-cent-16-years
Treatment of newborns with jaundice is a first for hospital
New mums more isolated than ever at East Lancashire hospitals during Covid-19
Black History Month: Honoring the work of a Virginia midwife named a ‘town hero’
https://www.nbc12.com/2019/02/20/black-history-month-honoring-work-virginia-midwife-named-town-hero/
‘This is spiritual’: Community supports Richmond doula studying to be a midwife
Trained midwives switch gear to provide affordable mom-and-baby spas at home
‘Twosday’ twins born in Leicester on 22/2/22
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-60493643
W/B Monday the 21st of February 2022
MIDWIFERY NEWS
How $10 radios and taxi bikes are helping to end the mutilation of girls – The Guardian
Midwifery: The fulcrum for humanising childbirth in India – India Times
The Bias Trap – A Way Forward – South East Clinical Networks
BANGOR UNIVERSITY’S MIDWIFERY PROGRAMME PRAISED FOR RETAINING UNICEF ACCREDITATION – The Bangor Aye
New mums in Cumbria feel less alone now than during lockdown according to survey – News and Star
Abandon ‘normal birth’ targets, hospitals in England told – The Guardian
Pregnant women’s vaccination protects baby from Covid – study – The Guardian
SNP MP Angela Crawley urges UK Government to follow Northern Ireland’s paid miscarriage leave – The Herald
The tragic human toll of Poland’s abortion ban that forces women to give birth to seriously ill babies – The Telegraph £
National survey reveals positive feedback for UHMBT maternity services – NWE Mail
‘Time is running out’ to make telemedical abortion service permanent, providers warn – Politics.co.uk
Florida House Passes GOP 15-Week Abortion Ban – Huff Post
Dorset County Hospital’s Maternity Unit one of best in country – Dorset Echo
Baby kept in electric blanket 24-hrs a day to treat jaundice – Birmingham Mail
National Maternity Hospital: Our Maternity Hospital Group Issues Challenge to Green Party Leader Eamon Ryan – Hot Press.com
TikTok is losing it over this video of what Braxton Hicks contractions actually look like – Yahoo
Cultural birthing practices are what Indigenous women need, it’s time we invested – The Guardian
W/B Monday the 14th of February 2022
MIDWIFERY NEWS
Caesareans or vaginal births: should mothers or medics have the final say? – The Guardian
Call to tackle racism in the NHS after study suggests discrimination ‘negatively impacts’ millions of patients – Daily Mail
‘The maternity ward felt dangerous – we were so short-staffed I had to work after my miscarriage’ – The Telegraph
At least 7,469 research nurses and midwives across the UK and Ireland, new census reveals – NIHR
Chris Whitty tells NHS staff it is their ‘professional duty’ to get the Covid vaccine – iNews
(Letter PDF: https://nursingnotes.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/FLAYWwRXwAAe4G8.pdf)
Maternity care failing to reach vulnerable women, report finds – Nursing in Practice
(Original report: https://obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1471-0528.17044)
The Irish Times view on the National Maternity Hospital: Potential for progress – The Irish Times
Edinburgh’s lost maternity hospital where ‘half of the city’ was born – Edinburgh live
Is chipping away at transparency the best way to deal with maternity leave discrimination? – The Independent
Mum who was told to take a pay cut after maternity leave wins £61,000 in damages – The Mirror
‘Her life was in danger’: Woman forced to give birth on dual carriageway speaks of maternity failure – ITV News
Degree apprenticeship breathes new life into careers of aspiring midwives – Express and Star
CQC NEWS:
National statistics Maternity survey 2021
Many women still positive about their maternity care – but pandemic impacted on choice and involvement and increased concerns about postnatal support
Pregnant in a Pandemic : What does the NHS Maternity Survey 2021 tell us about maternity care during the pandemic?
Women give Oxford University Hospitals positive feedback in Maternity Survey
RUH’s maternity teams praised for their care in latest national survey
New mums give Princess Alexandra Hospital’s maternity team improved rating
Northumbria Healthcare bucks national trend with positive feedback on postnatal care
W/B Monday the 7th of February 2022
Miscarriage: ‘I was in pain and they did not listen’ – BBC News
Effective Communication About Pregnancy, Birth, Lactation, Breastfeeding and Newborn Care: The Importance of Sexed Language – Frontiers
Professor Jenny Gamble on Language of reproduction – Woman’s Hour
Integrating female genital mutilation content into nursing and midwifery curricula: a practical guide – WHO
Why is there a global shortage of midwives and what needs to be done about it? – Equal Times
UWS midwifery course applications soar amid concern over uni access – The Herald
NMC’s response to Woman’s Place UK – Nursing and Midwifery Council
Nursing and Midwifery Council council keeps faith in Stonewall – The Times
Midwife who has delivered 5,500 babies in 42 years says her job saved her life – Wales Online
No, The Covid Vaccine Does Not Impact The Outcomes Of IVF – The Huffpost
Increasing access to treatment for common maternal mental health problems could have a net benefit of half a billion pounds – London School of Economics
Train health visitors and midwives in maternal mental health, say experts – Nursing in Practice
Poaching nurses from poorer counties raises serious ethical questions – Nursing Notes
W/B Monday the 24th of January 2022
Covid news – live: Javid announces U-turn on mandatory NHS jabs, but ‘makes no apology’ for original plans
Labour backs the U-turn – after it had agreed to making jabs mandatory for NHS workers
Female footballers in England get maternity cover after landmark change
Woman says her mother’s instinct saved unborn baby’s life
Jemma Austin had a gut feeling that something wasn’t quite right
If you don’t like it, go private: what my maternity clinic said over scans delay
Sundance prize goes to ‘Midwives’ — about a Buddhist midwife and her Muslim apprentice
Record numbers of women reach 30 child-free in England and Wales
In 1971, just 18% of 30-year-olds had no children – today the figure has risen to 50%, reports the ONS
MILITARY MOM REVEALS WHAT HER MATERNITY UNIFORM LOOKS LIKE: ‘MORE PRACTICAL THAN MOST MATERNITY CLOTHES
W/B Monday the 24th of January 2022
Freebirth: ‘Giving birth without medical help felt safer’
A woman says she chose to give birth at home without medical assistance because it felt like the safest option.
Mum donates milk after stillbirth to help poorly babies
A mum-of-three who donated her breast milk after her second child was stillborn said it helped her to feel “there was an imprint on the world from her”.
Professional midwifery advocates: delivering restorative clinical supervision
The statutory regulation of midwifery which stipulated that midwives should receive clinical supervision ended on 31 March 2017. This model has been replaced by A-EQUIP – Advocating for Education and Quality Improvement – which is led by professional midwifery advocates
Work Stress Made Me Self-Harm: The Grim State Of UK Midwifery
Leah* is a 27-year-old midwife with six years’ experience. But the stress of the job has forced her to take a step back
Boris Johnson may have to pause dismissals of unjabbed NHS staff over vaccine mandate or face the sack himself
The first glimmer of a change of heart came this week from the PM himself, but few noticed
Pregnant women endangered by stretched maternity wards, whistleblower says
Women and babies are potentially being put in danger by stretched and understaffed maternity wards, a whistleblower has told Channel 4 News.
Placements help pandemic response
Around 12,000 students support healthcare delivery.
Now even the word ‘maternity’ is facing a ban at Britain’s ‘wokest’ university after diversity chiefs said the term was now ‘problematic’ and ‘exclusionary’
Britain’s ‘wokest’ university is facing claims that its staff objected to the use of the word ‘maternity’ and allowed men identifying as women to use its campus swimming pool.
‘Babies at risk’ as NHS faces losing nearly one in 10 midwives over mandatory jabs
The NHS could be forced to dismiss almost 2,000 midwives by the government’s mandatory vaccination policy, amid warnings from a former chief nurse of England that mothers and babies will be put at risk.
W/B Monday the 17th of January 2022
MP calls for halt to declining midwife numbers as she announces she is pregnant
Siobhan Baillie told the Commons that the number of midwives in England has ‘fallen year on year’.
Scotland decision to delay IVF services for unvaccinated women over Covid risk branded ‘inhumane’
Jackie Baillie MSP, Scottish Labour’s health spokeswoman, said Scottish Government should rethink their position urgently
Breastfeeding linked to lower heart disease risk for mothers
Breastfeeding has already been linked to a lower risk for type 2 diabetes, ovarian cancer and breast cancer
Woman’s Hour – Midwives refusing the vaccine, Spiking inquiry, 50 years of diet & fitness with Rosemary Conley, Slam poetry
Blue Monday
The first episode of Maternity and Midwifery Hour takes a timely look at strategies and techniques you can adopt to boost your own wellbeing and that of your colleagues, helping you to move into 2022 stronger and more supported.
Midwives in the NHS
Volume 707: debated on Monday 17 January 2022
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