Standing Tall and Caring for Each Other: Maternity Care at The Royal Oldham Hospital Sophie Caulfield, Midwife – Northern Care Alliance She/her Sophie_Caulfield The Red Cedar Tree was named as “The Tree of Life” by the indigenous tribes of British Columbia, the west coast province of Canada. It has been in existence for over 50 […]
Compassion is Contagious Tanya Burchell – Practice Development Nurse and Midwife, Umri Christian Hospital, Central India Published in The Practising Midwife Volume 23 Issue 11 December 2020 https://doi.org/10.55975/GEPO3371 Summary I am a British nurse and midwife who works and lives in rural India. I have lived and worked in a variety of settings and countries including […]
Compassion as a Powerful Intervention: How the interactions between women, midwives and maternity services influence women’s childbirth experiences and subsequent trauma Jenny Patterson – School of Health and Social Care, Edinburgh Napier University Diane Ménage – Lecturer in Midwifery, De Montfort University, Leicester, England (formerly at Coventry University, England) Published in The Practising Midwife Volume 23 Issue 8 […]
Compassionate Care and the Maternity Support Worker Chelsea Portaluri -Maternity Support Worker, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, Sheffield Published in The Practising Midwife Volume 24 Issue 4 April 2020 Summary In this reflective article, Chelsea, a maternity support worker, highlights her role supporting a woman through an anxious situation while in hospital. Chelsea highlights that all maternity professionals […]
Humanisation of Childbirth 1. The Humanisation of Childbirth Dr Elizabeth Newnham – Lecturer in Midwifery at Griffith University, Queensland, Australia Professor Lesley Page – Visiting Professor in Midwifery at Kings College London, Adjunct Professor at University of Technology, Sydney and Griffith University, Queensland, Australia and Honorary Research Fellow at Oxford Brookes University Published in The Practising Midwife Volume […]
The Gratitude Tin Ashley Stephenson – First Year Student Midwife at the University of Central Lancashire I’m 30 years old with a wonderfully, supportive family consisting of; my husband Mike and our two daughters Ruby (9) and Darcy (5). They have been my main inspiration throughout this year. Whenever university is getting tough or home […]
It’s simple really, communication matters. We hear so much about this, and yet poor communication still remains the largest cause of complaints in U.K’s NHS. How we speak to those in our care makes a difference to their wellbeing, and interestingly, to ours too. The way we speak to each other, how we are […]
Hearts in Healthcare This website was created by the wonderful anaesthetist Robin Youngson, and is a hub of resources where you can find articles, inspiration, resources and videos, all designed to help you to understand the science behind the power of self-care, of caring for others, and kindness and compassion. Robin’s website is full of content […]
Getting the Basics of Maternity Care Right Mhairi McLellan – Student Midwife at Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen What does the word basic mean to you? It may conjure an idea of something ‘satisfactory’, something that does what it needs to do and no more. Alternatively, the word basic might make you think of ‘foundations’ – […]
Dr Robin Youngson, pioneer in compassionate caring, explains how health professionals can find new wellbeing, happiness and resilience. To learn more, read his new book, Time to Care is available from this source. One of Robin’s articles ‘Practising Compassion in an Uncompassionate Health System highlights the science and evidence behind the antidote effect of practising kindness […]
