Maternity & Midwifery Forum

Coping with a crying baby – Warrington & Halton Hospitals launches programme aimed at helping parents and carers across Cheshire

“Babies Cry, You Can Cope – never, ever shake or hurt a baby” is the message from ‘ICON’ – a national programme of interventions and awareness that aims to help parents and carers to cope with a crying baby. 
Yesterday, midwives, health

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“Behaviour is an invisible cloak that you think nobody can see… Embroider your cloak with love, kindness, goodwill, integrity, truth and honour”

England’s first Chief Midwifery Officer was appointed earlier this year. The appointment marked a shift in maternity and midwifery care in the NHS both towards midwife-led care for women and towards midwives becoming an ever-more self-governing group.
 

In this presentation, Jennifer

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Equality & Diversity News

GPs are still in transition, in terms of accepting that people don’t need proof of address or ID

A recent study from the University of Birmingham discovered that homeless people are finding themselves unable to register at GP surgeries and being discharged from hospital onto the streets.
Homeless psychiatric admissions cost almost £2.7million annually across just 4 London Boroughs. Mental

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