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
Researchers at the University of Birmingham are undertaking a study on sleep and mental health in pregnancy. Dr Isabel Morales-Muñoz Assistant Professor in Psychology and Camilla Carr Research Associate based at the Institute for Mental Health, School of Psychology, describe
Our understanding of physiological birth may appear to us to be straightforward. In this article, based on her PhD studies at City, University of London, Florence Darling, QMNC Research Fellow, discusses how complex a physiological care approach is, and emphasises
There has been a lot going on for UK Maternity services, though you may not have been aware of the news with all going on in the Middle East, the Ukraine and the weather! Neil Stewart, Editorial Director for the
Providing information and actioning vaccinations is an aspect of a midwife’s role. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) are undertaking a survey and would like qualified midwives to participate.
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Take part in the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) survey of midwives
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Midwifery Education – Running up a down escalator?
In the parliamentary debate on birth trauma on 19th October 2023 there were several statements welcoming the expanded number of student midwives in training in the expectation this would help address the shortage of