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Bullying and mistreatment of students, and other members of the maternity team, has been an ongoing challenge across health services, both nationally and abroad.
Tanya Capper, a midwifery educationalist from Australia, presents a study on the experiences of student midwives on
A hostile environment is growing towards midwifery.
Death threats on social media to the General Secretary of the Royal College of Midwives. Royal Colleges write to the Times deploring abuse of staff. Midwives and their allies need to support the RCM
Visit the Student Midwife Experience website.
The 1st National Student Midwife Experience Festival takes place on Wednesday 10 November online and with a networking hub and exhibition in Manchester.
Created with student midwives for student midwives and brought to you by The
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A few weeks ago I posted a blog that discussed midwifery staffing shortage. It provoked an unprecedented response from midwives in the UK highlighting some of the current challenges they face. It seemed only right to follow
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This programme is unique in the childhood immunisation programme because actually what we are doing here is vaccinating these babies against a disease to which they have already been exposed so the timeliness of these
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World Breastfeeding Week aims to highlight the huge benefits that breastfeeding can bring to both the health and welfare of babies, as well as a wider push for maternal health, focusing on good nutrition, poverty reduction
Bike ambulance driver Grace Kakyo transports a patient in northern Uganda.
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Alternatives to traditional ambulances are improving health access
In the absence of an ambulance, patients — especially women in labor — have challenges accessing the nearest health facility.
There have been a number of reports over the past year pointing to poor outcomes for black and brown women during pregnancy and childbirth. Benash Nazmeen, Specialist cultural liaison midwife and Illyin Morrison, founder of Mixing up motherhood, discuss the
Kay King, Executive Director for the White Ribbon Alliance in the UK, highlights the work of the global “What Women Want Campaign” and points to the in depth “Another Listen” report. This gives insightful responses of women’s expectations for humanised