You are Now a Midwife: What Next? Dr Jacqui Williams - Senior Midwifery Advisor (Education) Social @nmcnews Published in The Student Midwife Volume 7 Issue 2 April 2024, Page 11 DOI: https://doi.org/10.55975/UCKN8942 Introduction Congratulations if you have recently...
NMC Series: The Role of The Midwife in Caring for Women with Additional Needs
NMC Series: The Role of The Midwife in Caring for Women with Additional Needs Dr Jacqui Williams – Senior Midwifery Advisor (Education) Social @nmcnews Published in The Student Midwife Volume 7 Issue 1 January 2024, Page 11 DOI: https://doi.org/10.55975/NKQT3184 Introduction In our standards of proficiency for midwives published in 2019¹ there was a clear shift […]
Role of the Clinical Research Midwife
Role of the Clinical Research Midwife Rebecca Daley (she/her) – Lecturer in Midwifery Education, King’s College London Claire Singh (she/her) – Lecturer in Midwifery Education, King’s College London Published in The Student Midwife Volume 7 Issue 1 January 2024, Pages 16-17 DOI: https://doi.org/10.55975/BENQ6000 Summary Welcome to our new series highlighting career pathways for midwives. Clinical […]
NMC Series: Care in Labour and Birth
NMC Series: Care In Labour And Birth Dr Jacqui Williams – Senior Midwifery Advisor (Education), Nursing and Midwifery Council Twitter @nmcnews Published in The Student Midwife Volume 6 Issue 4 October 2023, Page 15 DOI: https://doi.org/10.55975/NXHT5302 In January 2020 the UK left the EU, and the NMC took the opportunity to review our standards which […]
NMC Series 1. Support from the NMC
NMC Series 1. Support from the NMC Dr Jacqui Williams – Senior Midwifery Advisor (Education) Verena Wallace – Senior Midwifery Advisor (Policy) Twitter @nmcnews Published in The Student Midwife Volume 6 Issue 3 July 2023, Page 29 DOI: https://doi.org/10.55975/VOYX7617 Introduction The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) regulates midwives – but are also there for student […]
Public Health Series 4. Awareness to Action: Perinatal Mental Health
Public Health Series 4. Awareness to Action: Perinatal Mental Health Jessica Falk Perlman – Student Midwife, King’s College London/Editor-in-Chief, The Student Midwife Twitter @jessfalkperl Published in The Student Midwife Volume 6 Issue 3 July 2023, Page 27 DOI: https://doi.org/10.55975/ZPBC4723 The impact of perinatal mental health problems Up to 20% of women and birthing people experience […]
Public Health Series Part 2 – Language Matters: Health Promotion
Public Health Series Part 2 – Language Matters: Health Promotion Jacana Bresson (she/her) – Student Midwife, King’s College, London Twitter @JacanaJade Published in The Student Midwife Volume 6 Issue 2 April 2023, Page 26 DOI: https://doi.org/10.55975/CZVY6858 ‘Nice to have’ There is growing awareness around the need to improve communication with marginalised groups, whether through interpreting […]
Public Health Series 2: Social Inequalities and Stillbirth
Public Health Series 2: Social Inequalities and Stillbirth Jessica Falk Perlman (she/her) – Student Midwife, King’s College London Twitter @jessfalkperl Published in The Student Midwife Volume 6 Issue 1 January 2023, Page 19 https://doi.org/10.55975/YOSA9067 Disparities in outcomes The newest MBRRACE-UK report on perinatal mortality noted a steady reduction in the overall rates of stillbirth nationally.1 […]
Reflecting on the Importance of Public Health in Midwifery
Reflecting on the Importance of Public Health in Midwifery Bea Bennett – Registered Midwife Instagram @midwifebea Published in The Student Midwife Volume 5 Issue 4 October 2022, Page 19 https://doi.org/10.55975/EZYW6500 This four-part series will explore key public health issues through the lens of midwifery, focusing on reducing inequality in perinatal outcomes, and improving future health […]
Meet Mymidwives UK
Meet Mymidwives UK Sheridan Thomas - Registered Midwife and Professional Midwifery Advocate, MyMidwives UK Georgia Allan - Registered Midwife and Professional Midwifery Advocate, MyMidwives UK Published in The Student Midwife Volume 3 Issue 4 October 2020 Summary This...