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Last chance saloon or a ray of hope? COP26 climate change and midwifery practice

Debra9 November 20219 November 2021

by Debra9 November 20219 November 20210344

In this important blog, Lorna Davies RM, PHD. PGCE(A), Principal Lecturer, School of Midwifery, Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand, discusses the COP 26 climate summit. She

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Midwives under fire-the reality of life in Afghanistan

Debra1 November 2021

by Debra1 November 20210274

A news report this week bore the headline ‘Gunmen killed a midwife who refused to leave a woman in labour’. It is a harrowing read,

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Surviving in Today’s NHS: What Student Midwives Need to Know

Debra1 November 20211 November 2021

by Debra1 November 20211 November 20210401

During their training, student midwives learn essential skills for the preservation of life. For the safety of women and other birthing people, students learn how

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Continuity of Carer – Workplace Toolkit

Debra25 October 202126 October 2021

by Debra25 October 202126 October 20210508

Delivering Midwifery Continuity of Carer at full scale: Guidance on planning, implementation and monitoring 2021/22 is the most recent guidance released from NHS England. Read

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Strengthening global midwifery: Starting the journey in the United Arab Emirates

Debra25 October 20211 November 2021

by Debra25 October 20211 November 20216 357

In an ongoing series of blogs, two UK midwives, Georgina Sosa and Maeve O’Connell, will be sharing their journey of supporting development of midwifery in

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Science is not stopping at vaccines

Debra19 October 202119 October 2021

by Debra19 October 202119 October 20210254

The current global vaccine programme has been a huge success and raised the profile of science and its ability to analyse and change the biological

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Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Debra18 October 202119 October 2021

by Debra18 October 202119 October 20210267

Working with a mother who has been diagnosed with cancer There are around 55,900 new breast cancer cases in the UK every year and research

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Love that birth physiology: even more!

Debra18 October 202119 October 2021

by Debra18 October 202119 October 20210212

Do we know enough? That is really the question. “We are not really trained that well in anatomy and physiology as far as birth is

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Preventing Neural Tube Defects: Plans to add Folic acid to flour

Debra11 October 2021

by Debra11 October 20212 227

Good nutrition in pregnancy is important for the wellbeing of the mother and the unborn fetus. A recent statement from the UK Government reveals plans

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Charging for NHS maternity care – new research

Debra11 October 202111 October 2021

by Debra11 October 202111 October 20210259

In the UK there have been increasing incidents of news reports talking about cases where Trusts have charged migrant women large amounts of money for

Last chance saloon or a ray of hope? COP26 climate change and midwifery practice

Midwives under fire-the reality of life in Afghanistan

Surviving in Today’s NHS: What Student Midwives Need to Know

Continuity of Carer – Workplace Toolkit

Strengthening global midwifery: Starting the journey in the United Arab Emirates

Science is not stopping at vaccines

Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Love that birth physiology: even more!

Preventing Neural Tube Defects: Plans to add Folic acid to flour

Charging for NHS maternity care – new research

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