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Midwifery Sector News

Event Preview: London Maternity & Midwifery Festival 2018

Paul23 January 2018

The London Maternity & Midwifery Festival returns to the Ilec Conference Centre, London on Tuesday 13th February 2018. To date more than 1500 midwives and student midwives have signed up to attend this year’s event, will you be joining us in London? This free to attend professional study day and......

Midwifery Sector News

The Hypnobirthing Revolution

Paul12 January 2018

Why has KGHypnobirthing spread throughout the country? Because it works. Time and time again a midwife who attends her first hypnobirthing course exclaims; ‘I’ve never seen anything like it.’ And yet many people seem to think we simply offer a few techniques to use in labour. KGHypnobirthing is far more......

Midwifery Feature Articles

Midwifery Forum’s Top 10 Videos of 2017

Paul18 December 2017

As Christmas approaches and the year draws to a close, critics are busy compiling their year-end lists covering everything from gadgets to movies. This year we thought we’d join them and offer our own Top 10 list of the most popular, most watched videos we have featured over the past......

Scottish Maternity & Midwifery Festival – Keynote Address

Paul12 December 20175 July 2021

Maureen Watt MSP, Minister for Mental Health gives the keynote address to the Scottish Maternity & Midwifery Festival 2017....

Perinatal mental health problems & screening

Paul12 December 20175 July 2021

Andrea Sinesi, PhD Fellow, University of Stirling leads a seminar examining “Perinatal mental health problems – The development of a screening scale for antenatal anxiety” at the Scottish Maternity & Midwifery Festival 2017. ...

The Best Start: Delivering the Five Year Forward Plan

Paul12 December 20175 July 2021

Jane Grant, Chief Executive, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and Chair of the Best Start Implementation Programme Board gives a presentation on “The Best Start: Delivering the Five Year Forward Plan for Maternity and Neonatal Care in Scotland” at the Scottish Maternity & Midwifery Festival 2017....

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder – Post Childbirth (PTSD-PC)

Paul12 December 20175 July 2021

Jenny Patterson, Midwife/ PhD Student, Edinburgh Napier University gives a seminar examining “An interpretative phenomenological analysis of the experience of provider interaction from the perspectives of women with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder -Post Childbirth (PTSD-PC) and midwives” at the Scottish Maternity & Midwifery Festival 2017. at the Scottish Maternity & Midwifery Festival......

Teaching A&E Department staff how to resuscitate the pregnant woman

Paul12 December 20175 July 2021

Lucy Powls, Educational Lead, SMMDP, NHS Education for Scotland gives a seminar on “Teaching Accident and Emergency Department staff how to resuscitate the pregnant woman, including perimortem caesarean section” at the Scottish Maternity & Midwifery Festival 2017....

Breastfeeding as a public health issue – who really decides how we feed our babies?

Paul25 October 20175 July 2021

Described as “Seriously one of the best talks I’ve EVER heard” Dr Amy Brown, Associate Professor, Public Health, Policy and Social Sciences, Swansea University gives a plenary presentation on “Breastfeeding as a public health issue – who really decides how we feed our babies?” at the Maternity, Midwifery and Baby Manchester......

A-EQUIP – A new model of midwifery supervision for England

Paul25 October 20175 July 2021

Professor Jacqueline Dunkley Bent OBE, Head of Maternity, Children and Young People, NHS England; National Maternity Safety Champion for the Department of Health gives a keynote presentation on A-Equip and leadership examining the new model of Midwifery Supervision for England at the Maternity, Midwifery and Baby Manchester 2017 study day.......