Midwives face huge barriers returning to work due to lack of childcare, says RCM 16th April 2024 A lack of flexible and accessible childcare options for midwives’ risks heightening Scotland’s maternity workforce challenges. The warning comes as an RCM motion calling on the Scottish Government to take immediate steps to provide accessible, affordable childcare across […]
More4Less: Our Commitment to You – letter from All4Maternity CEO and Founding Director Dr Anna Byrom – Founding Director, CEO, All4Maternity @acbmidwife Published in The Practising Midwife Journal Volume 26 Issue 11 Thank you for being part of our growing All4Maternity community. As we come to the end of 2023, I wanted to take a […]
Royal College of Midwives: Relief that maternity and neonatal care saved from NHS funding freeze Press Release: 08 November 2023 The Royal College of Midwives has welcomed the announcement that funding for maternity and neonatal services in England will not be subject to a funding freeze, following a letter from NHS England telling Trusts that the […]
Home Birth in Italy Pia Elena Caprioli [she/her] – Third-year Student Midwife, Robert Gordon University Twitter @caprioli_pia Summary In Italy, with the exceptions of few regions, the public health system does not fund home births or birth centres. Women and birthing people are rarely offered choice on place of birth choice, with “out of hospital” […]
The Choreography of Birth and Care Laura Godfrey-Isaacs – Midwife and artist, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust Instagram/Twitter @godfrey_isaacs Originally published as Article of the Month in The Practising Midwife Volume 25 Issue 02 February 2022 Summary Being a midwife, this experience – stewarding the passage into life of a new person, and […]
“Re-birthing birth in the UK” Florence Darling – Midwife/Researcher – City University, London Twitter: @florencedarlin1 Prof Jenny Gamble – Centre for Care Excellence, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health, Coventry University, and University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwickshire Professor Emeritus, Griffith University Director, Transforming Maternity Care Collaborative Summary The RCM’s re-birth project has three aims, and […]
Supporting a Home Vaginal Birth After Caesarean (VBAC) Becky Westbury – Community midwife team leader, Hywel Dda University Health Board Published in The Practising Midwife Volume 24 Issue 3 March 2021 https://doi.org/10.55975/SZDX5356 Summary I was privileged to be present for a beautiful homebirth that happened to be a VBAC waterbirth – and I share this […]
Midwife as support person, an Australian perspective Danielle Clack – Registered Nurse & Clinical Midwife Specialist, Gosford Hospital, NSW Australia Summary Through critical reflection of my own experience attending a loved one’s birth as a support person, I have gained insight into how I am accountable to the Midwife Standards for Practice as provided by […]
Working with a Rural Ethiopian Health Centre to Create a Framework for High-quality, Women-friendly Services Dawit Tilahun – Clinical nurse, Udo Health Centre, Dilla, Ethiopia Published in The Practising Midwife – Volume 24 Issue 1 January 2021 https://doi.org/10.55975/ENZR8778 Summary In the second of two articles, here we follow up on Brydon Williams’ previous Maternity Voices reflection, […]
A Christmas Reflection Sarah Noble, Head of Midwifery – South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust 2020 is undoubtedly a year which will be etched into the fore of our memories for years to come. No explanation of why is necessary, but as this year is nearly over, I would like to take a few moments to reflect […]
