Success Rates of Shoulder Dystocia Managed by Internal Rotational Manoeuvres and Delivery of the Posterior Arm: A Review of the Literature Lesley Ansell - Clinical Charge Midwife, Counties Manukau Health/Auckland/New Zealand Judith McAra-Couper - Head Midwifery...
Report review ‘What price safe motherhood?’
Report review ‘What price safe motherhood? charging for NHS maternity care in England and its impact on migrant women’. Maternity Action, September 2018 Dr Alys Einion – Associate Professor of Midwifery at Swansea University Published in The Practising Midwife Volume 22 Issue 3 March 2019 Report review runs alongside Guideline Commentary and the other Evidence Series articles, […]
NMPA Report Review
National Maternity and Perinatal Audit (NMPA) Annual Report Review based on births in NHS maternity services between 1st April 2015 and 31st March 2016 Annette Ballard – Midwifery Sister at Rosie Hospital, Cambridge Published in The Practising Midwife Volume 21 Issue 2 February 2018 https://doi.org/10.55975/DKPA1304 Summary This is the first audit of NHS maternity and […]
Report Review: State of the World’s Fathers – Time for Action
Report Review: State of the World’s Fathers – Time for Action State of the World’s Fathers: Time for Action presents a summary of the current issues facing fathers with suggestions of what action is needed to improve the experience of fathers and the wellbeing of families across the world. Helman B, Levov R, van der […]
Report Review – The new Irish maternity strategy 2016-2026
EVIDENCE Report Reviews The new Irish maternity strategy 2016-2026 In 2016, Ireland launched its first ever maternity strategy (Department of Health [IDH] 2016). This followed many high-profile controversies, including maternal and neonatal deaths due to medical misadventure. This article reviews Ireland’s history of maternity services, the new strategy and current perinatal mental health services. Irish […]
Hormonal Physiology of Childbearing: Evidence and Implications for Women, Babies and Maternity Care
Hormonal Physiology of Childbearing: Evidence and Implications for Women, Babies and Maternity Care Buckley SJ (2015) Washington: National Partnership for Women and Families Dr Alys Einion – Associate Professor of Midwifery at Swansea University Published in The Practising Midwife Volume 20 Issue 4 April 2017 Summary Report Review runs alongside Guideline commentary and the other […]
Report Reviews – MBRRACE-UK: Saving Lives, Improving Mothers’ Care
Report Reviews: MBRRACE-UK: Saving lives, improving mothers’ care Kerry Pollard – Midwifery Lecturer at University of Central Lancashire Published in The Practising Midwife Volume 20 Issue 2 February 2017 Introduction The third annual MBRRACE-UK report, Saving lives, improving mothers’ care report provides us with a picture of maternal deaths in the UK between 2012-14 and information […]
Report Reviews: Perinatal Mortality and Morbidity: A Retrospective
Report Reviews: Perinatal Mortality and Morbidity: A Retrospective Victoria Morgan – Founder, Every Birth a Safe Birth Published in The Practising Midwife Volume 20 Issue 1 January 2017 Summary The UK stillbirth and neonatal mortality rate has fallen by a fifth in the last decade; however, stillbirth rates continue to be among the highest of […]
Report Reviews: ‘Montgomery Consent’: Decision of the UK Supreme Court – Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board [2015]
Report Reviews: ‘Montgomery Consent’: Decision of the UK Supreme Court – Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board [2015] Heather Beckett – Barrister at 1 Grays Inn Square, London and Specialist in Restorative Dentistry John Radford – Clinical Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in Restorative Dentistry in Dundee Published in The Practising Midwife Volume 19 Issue 6 […]
Women’s Lived Experiences of Domestic Violence During Pregnancy: Part 2
Women’s Lived Experiences of Domestic Violence During Pregnancy: Part 2 Kathleen Baird – Director of Midwifery and Nursing Education in Women’s and Newborn and Children’s Services at Menzies Health Institute of Queensland, Griffith University, Australia Published in The Practising Midwife Volume 18 Issue 9 October 2015 Summary This paper is a follow up paper to […]