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All-Ireland Maternity & Midwifery Festival 2020 Award Winners Announced

Paul
Maternity professionals representing all of the island of Ireland were celebrated in an highly anticipated award ceremony at the inaugural All-Ireland Maternity & Midwifery Festival yesterday. Hosted by Maternity & Midwifery Forum at the historic Croke Park Stadium in Dublin, the All-Ireland Maternity & Midwifery Festival Awards recognise and celebrate......
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All-Ireland Maternity & Midwifery Festival 2020 Awards Shortlist Announced

Paul
The inaugural All-Ireland Maternity & Midwifery Festival takes place at Croke Park, Dublin on Tuesday 11th February 2020. The festival will feature our usual mix of high quality speakers, the latest industry innovations in our exhibition area, free taster treatments in our wellbeing zone and of course our first ever All-Ireland maternity &......
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Watch the Live Stream of the All-Ireland Maternity & Midwifery Festival 2020

Paul
On Tuesday 11th February Midwives, Student Midwives and Health Care Practitioners from all of Ireland will gather at the iconic Croke Park stadium in Dublin to attend the inaugural All-Ireland Maternity & Midwifery Festival 2020. Our very first international Maternity & Midwifery event, the All-Ireland Maternity & Midwifery Festival features our......
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“It’s not really about safety, it’s about fear.” – Normal Birth… what’s going on?

Paul
Across the world, rates of caesarean section and other interventions in labour and birth are on the rise. Worryingly, however, birth outcomes for mothers and babies are not improving in a clearly correlative way. In fact, maternal mortality in the USA has risen in recent years despite the country having......
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Sign our petition! A Chief Midwifery Officer for every country

Paul
Following the appointment of Professor Jacqueline Dunkley-Bent OBE as the first Chief Midwifery Officer for England, an international group of midwives are calling on every country to follow suit, including each of the devolved governments in the UK. When announcing the first occupant of the England wide role, NHS chief......
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Maternity & Midwifery Forum’s Top 10 Videos of 2019

Paul
As another hectic year draws to a close we have the opportunity to look back and take stock of what has been another record breaking year for Maternity & Midwifery Forum. We have been lucky enough to travel around the UK meeting more amazing Midwives, Student Midwives, Doulas and Healthcare......
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Informed Consent: Human Rights and Respect in Maternity Care

Paul
“This was never about blame, this was never about a particular doctor getting in trouble… this was about me wanting to understand what had happened to me and to make sure it never happened to another person.” The Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board consent case [2015] resulted in legally enforced......
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Watch the Live Stream of the London Maternity & Midwifery Festival 2020

Paul
On Tuesday 21st January Midwives, Student Midwives and Health Care Practitioners from across London and the South East will gather at the ILEC Conference Centre in Earls Court to attend the London Maternity & Midwifery Festival 2020. Our largest midwifery gathering of the year, the London Maternity & Midwifery Festival features our......
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Growing a Family with Dignity

Paul
One of the UN’s sustainable development goals is for there to be no more than 70 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births across the globe by 2030. While the worldwide maternal mortality rate is falling, it is not falling quickly enough to meet that target.  Among the many factors leading......
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