Breastfeeding Celebration Week 2021 runs from 21st – 27th June. The theme this year is how partners and the wider family unit can support breastfeeding, with a key focus on how to get the whole family involved and bond with baby. La Read this article in full on Maternity, Midwifery and Baby
Young medics working in obstetrics and gynaecology are more likely to experience bullying and racism, and less likely to receive support than colleagues in other specialisms new data reveals. Reporting on comments made by Charlie Massey, Chief Executive of the GMC Read this article in full on Maternity, Midwifery and Baby
This week we marked International Fathers’ Mental Health Day, an annual event aimed at highlighting the unique mental health strengths and needs that fathers have. According to a recent survey, an alarming 65% of dads admit that having children negatively impacted Read this article in full on Maternity, Midwifery and Baby
It would easy to believe the recent fine for East Kent Hospitals Trust is another in a long line of high cost medical negligence cases but you would be wrong. Many midwives and maternity managers will have seen the headlines about Read this article in full on Maternity, Midwifery and Baby
In the past month five major midwifery units in England have hit the headlines over midwifery staffing levels. Liverpool Women’s hospital (LWH), Jessop Wing in Sheffield, Sandwell and West Birmingham, with Ipswich and Colchester in the same trust, have responsibility Read this article in full on Maternity, Midwifery and Baby