The Maternity & Midwifery Hour

Highlights from our Summer festivals - The Wales & South-West Maternity & Midwifery Festival 2020 and the International Maternity Experience 2020. Professor Grace Edwards - Educational Practice (Uganda) | WATCH: https://vimeo.com/456125351  Hannah Dahlen AM - Birth in the Time of COVID-19 | WATCH: https://vimeo.com/458940649 Jennie Joseph - Common sense childbirth: improving outcomes...

Dr Jacqueline Dunkley-Bent OBE, Jess Read & Sascha Wells-Munro OBE: Leading and developing maternity services through COVID-19. From the Midlands Maternity & Midwifery Festival 2020.  Find the video presentation here: https://vimeo.com/438486838   While Sue and the team take a break over the summer, we'll be bringing you some video and podcast presentations from the archive - wit...

*Final episode of the series* Sue Macdonald, Co-editor of Mayes Midwifery Lola Ornato, Midwife, Whittington Health NHS Trust Mala Morjaria, Practice nurse / Midwife Lola and Mala will draw on their hands-on experiences during the pandemic to reflect on how COVID-19 has affected midwifery practice for this group and for them as individuals, the challenges of setting up and working in a COVID-19 hub...

Featuring: Sue Macdonald , Co-editor of Mayes Midwifery Dr Lucia Rocca-Ihenacho, Lecturer and Researcher, Centre for Maternal and Child Health Research, School of Health Sciences, City, University of London Dr Sheena Byrom OBE, Consultant Midwife and Director, All4Maternity Women and birthing people deserve the opportunity to choose where and how to give birth to their babies. It matters. Since CO...

Some best bits from our Northern Maternity & Midwifery Festival on Tuesday 23rd June 2020.  COVID-19 and pregnancy - Professor Jim Thornton, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Nottingham Leadership in a crisis - Linda Machakaire, Head of Midwifery, Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust Chair: Sue Macdonald, Curator of the Maternity &...

Sue Macdonald , Co-editor of Mayes Midwifery Alicia Shirley Burnett, 3rd Year Student Midwife; Co-editor, The Student Midwife Journal; Curator, The COVID-19 Cohorts blog Laura Henry, 3rd year Student Midwife, Republic of Ireland In this Maternity & Midwifery Hour, Sue, Alicia and Laura will provide up-to-date information and discussion on the role of student midwives during the ongoing COVID-1...

Featuring: Marc Harder,  UK Programme Manager, National Bereavement Care Pathway  ,  SANDS Charity Clare Worgan,  Training and Learning Resources Manager, SANDS Charity Chair:  Sue Macdonald , Co-editor, Mayes Midwifery; Curator, The Maternity & Midwifery Festivals High quality care when a baby dies is essential for the wellbeing of families.  With effective tools...

Featuring: Maria Booker , Programme Director, Birthrights Professor Lesley Page CBE , Academic & Midwife; Former President, RCM Chair:  Sue Macdonald , Co-editor, Mayes Midwifery; Curator, The Maternity & Midwifery Festivals Women are vulnerable during pregnancy. For first-time mothers in particular, the experience can be daunting and they might not feel confident about standing up fo...

Featuring: Sue Macdonald , Co-editor, Mayes Midwifery Jenny Patterson , Midwife, Edinburgh Napier University Dr Diane Ménage , Lecturer in Midwifery, De Montfort University The need for compassionate midwifery care for women and for midwives was identified in two separate pioneering research studies by Drs Diane Menage and Jenny Patterson and in this session their combined findings are explored. T...

"For 30% of women who experience domestic abuse, we know that the first time they're abused is during pregnancy." Special episode from our International Day of the Midwife event on Tuesday 5th May.  Featuring: Jess Phillips MP , Shadow Minister for Domestic Violence and Safeguarding  Dr Anita Byrne , Midwifery Programmes Director/Midwife Lecturer, Dundalk College of Technology,...

Featuring: Sue Macdonald , Co-editor of Mayes Midwifery Professor Andy Shennan , Professor of Obstetrics, King's College London; Trustee, APEC Caitlin Wilson , Consultant Midwife, Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust / University of Worcester In this Maternity & Midwifery Hour, Sue, Andy and Caitlin provide up-to-date information and discussion on the role of midwives in reducing the risk...

Featuring: Sue Macdonald , Co-Editor, Mayes Midwifery Professor Amy Brown , Professor of Child Public Health, Department of Public Health, Policy and Social Sciences, Swansea University Francesca Entwistle , Professional Officer - Policy and Advocacy Lead, Unicef UK COVID-19 and the resulting lockdown have changed some of the issues women face around breastfeeding. Update yourself on all the thing...

Sue Macdonald , Co-editor, Mayes Midwifery  Dr Jacqui Williams , Senior Midwifery Advisor (Education), Education and Standards Directorate, Nursing and Midwifery Council  Nicky Clark , Chair of Lead Midwife for Education Strategic Reference Group; LME/Head of Midwifery and Child, University of Hull This episode focusses on how midwives and students can be supported and enabled through ch...

Episode 4 of the Maternity and Midwifery Hour focuses on ‘Supporting Maternity Staff through COVID 19 - Midwifery Leadership and Staffing Initiatives’ with expert contributions from: Professor Trixie McAree, Professor of Midwifery and Maternal Health, Birmingham City University Dr Tracey Cooper MBE, Associate Chief Nurse (Midwifery), Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Sue Macdona...

Sarah Noble, Head of Midwifery, South Warwickshire NHS Trust Abigail Holmes, Consultant Midwife, Cardiff & Vale UHB Sue​ Macdonald, Co-editor of Mayes Midwifery There’s no doubt that midwives are the experts when it comes to supporting pregnant women, new mothers and families. However, with the world in the grip of a coronavirus pandemic, many hospitals have restricted visitor access and...

**Patrons get early access to the Maternity & Midwifery Hour podcast every week!** www.patreon.com/midwiferyhour  Dr Anna Byrom, Senior Midwifery Lecturer at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) Sue Macdonald, Co-editor of Mayes Midwifery Alicia Burnett, Student Midwife, University of West London Midwifery Students are stepping up into NHS service due to COVID-19. Some are ex...

 Under Pressure: Wellbeing Matters Dr Sheena Byrom OBE, The Practising Midwife Journal Sue Macdonald, Co-editor of Mayes Midwifery Jenny Clarke (Jenny the Midwife) Sheena, Sue and Jenny provide up-to-date information on working through Covid-19 and top tips on how midwives and allied healthcare professionals can protect their own physical and mental wellbeing during these exceptionally diffic...