Dr Maeve O’Connell, Senior Lecturer -Midwifery, Cardiff University gives a presentation discussing Interventions for fear of childbirth at the All-Ireland Maternity & Midwifery Festival 2021....
Angela Müller, Architect, Arquitectura de Maternidades, Madrid gives a presentation discussing “The impact of the best environment for childbirth” at the London Maternity & Midwifery Festival 2020. Find out more at: maternityandmidwifery.co.uk/...
“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......
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......
As we approach the 3rd Annual Scotland Maternity & Midwifery Festival we focus on one of the exhibitors waiting to meet you in Edinburgh, Natera – a worldwide genetic testing and diagnostics company that’s changing how doctors and patients manage genetic disease. Twins are becoming more common with......
Dr Sheena Byrom, Director, The Practising, Midwife & Professor Soo Downe OBE, Professor in Midwifery Studies, UCLAN give a presentation discussing “Respectful Maternity Care: A Call to Action” at the International Maternity Expo 2019. Find out more about International Maternity Expo: internationalmaternityexpo.com/...
Milli Hill, Author and Founder of the Positive Birth Movement presents: “Ensuring Choice for a Positive Birth” at the International Maternity Expo 2019. Find out more about International Maternity Expo: internationalmaternityexpo.com/...
Implementing Better Births – Baroness Julia Cumberlege CBE from Narrowcast Media Group on Vimeo. Baroness Julia Cumberlege CBE, Chair of the National Maternity Review; Chair of the All Party Health Group and Former UK Minister gives a presentation discussing Implementing Better Births at the International Maternity Expo 2019. Find out......
In 2014 the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and the Government Equalities Office published a report into the effects of body image during pregnancy and post-birth. The report concluded that midwives and health visitors should support women not to fixate on body image and to eat healthily during......