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
This week the Maternity and Midwifery Forum’s Scotland Festival took place in Edinburgh. Dr Maria Pollard, Deputy Director NMAHP/Lead Midwife, and Tom McEwan, Head of Programme, NHS Education for Scotland spoke at the festival and in this article they share
In the UK we have a new Secretary of State for Health. Neil Stewart, Editorial Director, reflects on the recent Maternity and Midwifery Forum’s annual midwifery education conference, “Educating Future Midwives, raising points for midwives to shout about in the
Understanding and awareness of traumatic experiences of pregnancy and birth has emerged and developed in recent years. This includes those of maternity staff. The topic was recently debated in the UK parliament. In this article Evelien Docherty Communications Lead at
Last week was the Student Midwife Experience festival. Midwifery editor, Dr Jenny Hall, shares the Student Midwife trailblazer awards and reflects on the polls from the day.
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Last week the Student Midwife Experience festival took place face-to-face in London and online.
In this next article in the series sharing the development of a new Midwifery programme in Abu Dhabi, Dr Maeve O’Connell reveals the next progress in the programme. She highlights the new practice based developments and welcomes a new member