We are privileged to have Professor Jacqueline Dunkley Bent, the first Chief Midwife for the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM), write this weeks article, and speak on the Midwifery Hour. She reflects on her role and highlights the importance of
UNESCO has added midwifery to its list of Intangible Cultural Heritage. Jenny Hall, Midwifery editor, explains what this means and invites us all to celebrate and raise the profile of midwifery.
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In early December members of the United nations Educational, Scientific
Midwives work in many settings– Rachel Murray, Clinical Nurse- Midwife manager and Forensic Midwife Examiner for sexual offences, Bristol, shares information around sexual offences and why midwives should be aware of referral pathways. NB: trigger warning. The article contains some
2023 was a challenging year for maternity and midwifery services in the UK globally. Neil Stewart, Editorial Director for the maternity and midwifery forum reflects on what has been happening and looks forward to things improving in 2024.
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So farewell to
Maternity and Midwifery Hour is a regular weekly online event available live and on-demand, discussing all things midwifery! It is now entering its ninth season. Sue Macdonald, as curator for both the Maternity and Midwifery festivals and Midwifery Hour, reflects
As Christmas approaches we have looked over our statistics from the last year to put together our top 10 most viewed videos of 2023.
It has undoubtedly proved yet another very challenging year for Midwifery, which makes us even more grateful
This week MBRRACE-UK has released a new Perinatal Confidential Enquiry, which is an overview of comparison of care reviews at MBRRACE, for Black and Asian women who have experienced a still birth or neonatal death in comparison to their white
At the end of November the #Saynotobullyinginmidwifery anti bullying Facebook support group published a report/book containing accounts from the group members after being asked the question “Why do Midwives leave?” Amanda Burleigh, on behalf of the authors, shares the background
In recent years there has been a concerted effort to raise awareness about the plight of pregnant women and birthing people in prison settings, following the tragic death of two babies. As a follow-up to a previous article, Janey Starling
In a previous article Gaynor Morrison and Sharon Bunford introduced Safeguarding supervision in midwifery. They take the discussion further, exploring developing competency of safeguarding during preceptorship.
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This article aims to highlight three main identified tiers of provision of Safeguarding within an