Professor of Midwifery, Centre for Care Excellence, UHCW and Coventry University. Director, Transforming Maternity Care Collaborative. Views are my own.
@JaneCaro
I think you miss the point. Have you never needed to challenge inappropriate behaviour by stranger males in public spaces, sometimes entering sex segregated spaces? If that male says they are a woman, then ‘no help is coming’ and it will likely end badly for you and other women.
@drkerrynphelps
@JacquiLambie
@JacquiLambie
why didn’t you insist that selected cross bench members and Greens and Labor leaders were also told this special information. Surely these elected reps are just as trustworthy with national security matters.
Here’s an illustration of the impact of midwifery on outcomes for women, for babies, and for the system - just look at all the good that midwives do across the life course! ✨✨✨
#earlyyears
#midwives
#evidence
#quality
Midwives save lives, reduce morbidity & enhance health, yet in every country globally we are poorly paid, undervalued, face hostility, struggle to access to education, have reduced autonomy, & exclusion from executive leadership. Join
#WomensRights
Our Editorial - A response to Ockenden review. “Rectifying the root causes of system failure is a fundamental”. And “all recommended actions and programmes of improvement” should be based on high quality evidence. Open access.
@maryrenfrew
+17
Pension Deduction £151.79. Tax Deduction £187.72. NI contributions have increased for this pay band from £160.90 to £177.51 a month = £16.61 less in net pay from 1st April 2022 compared to previous years.
@RCM
@NHS
- what are you thinking!! Midwives pay going backwards!
@pushcampaignorg
We shouldn’t need more men in the midwifery profession to be treated with respect and paid relative to skills, expertise & contribution to saving lives, reducing morbidity and promoting health.
Happy International Day of the Midwife. 40 years ago I started as a midwifery student in Scotland (May 1982). I looked after Marny when she gave birth to Ryan. Her first baby, & first birth for me. In April 2022 we met again for the first time.
#IDM2022
🇦🇺🇬🇧 ❤️ being a midwife
New research - Midwifery continuity of midwifery care. Women report "involvement in care planning (95.1%), sufficient information for informed decisions (95.4%) and respect for decisions made (95.5%)" in Aotearoa NZ 🇳🇿 👏🙏
@NatMatVoicesorg
@MaralynParker
And how dare he lobby ATAGI. I don’t want ATAGI to base its advice on anything Scott Morrison says. I want ATAGI to be scientific and independent.
I am happy to be a bit shouty about this. Aust and NZ midwives finally achieved our own standard research classification category - separate from nursing. A joint effort I was proud be play a role in.
Agree. I do think Australian and New Zealand midwifery researchers should shout this louder! There was a robust consultation & many of us were able to provide proactive push to this much needed change
30 years ago in 🇦🇺, Vicki Chan provided continuity of midwifery care to this woman & her family. The beautiful poster captures birth with a message to influence change. Prioritise women. Universal access to continuity of midwifery care is needed.
@pushcampaignorg
@mcareetrixie
Policy driving practice - not evidence. I am in CTG training today. Knowing the evidence and sitting through training that assumes CTGs improve outcomes is challenging.
@Always
@Emmabarnett
can you not see the problem here and in many other places. It is inaccurate. Women and girls will suffer (more than now) unless there is clear line of sight to their needs.
"If 95 per cent of women had a midwife, you would reduce maternal deaths by 85 per cent … you would reduce stillbirths by 85 per cent, you would reduce neonatal deaths by 85 per cent," said Professor Homer - 2023 Fenner Lecture. 🙏
@CarolineHomer
👏🏽🎉💃🏻
Continuity of care works! Works in primary health with same GP and in maternity care with continuity of midwifery care (MCoC). Universal access to MCoC needed now. Stop faffing around.
This is really useful study and affirms why lack of trust and inequitable/poor access results in poorer health outcomes for some patients in marginalised communities!
@cahn_uk
@BolaOwolabi8
@sanghera70
@AHamiedNHS
“Despite lack of evidence for CTG, the list of risk factors which require recommendation of CTG, appears to grow with each guideline revision”. When do we stop this low value care?
@MidwivesACM
@MidwivesRCM
@ranzcog
@RCObsGyn
Intrapartum fetal surveillance guidelines need to be revised to reflect that intermittent auscultation of the fetal heart rate during labour is a valid choice, consistent with the evidence.
@suzannezeedyk
We need “kindness” before birth … not just “from birth” If women are treated badly during pregnancy and birth we can’t pretend it has no impact on the baby.
This is the core problem, “I love being a midwife, but I hate the care I am giving.” [& the system I work in]. It is the same across the world & over time. MWs leave & this causes understaffing & ⬆️ problems. Proposed solutions are inadequate and misaligned.
‘A worrying catalogue of issues & discontent with an exhausted & fragile maternity workforce with rock bottom morale says RCM Scotland Director
@JakiLambert
on
@MidwivesRCM
survey of its Scotland members, see
@AlisonLPG
It is about Women’s rights not trans exclusion. People should live without discrimination - including women. The idea that we give up language to describe ourselves as women and our cultural being as inclusive is misguided. It is about Women’s sex based rights.
We need to continue the reform of maternity services because “We’re seeing very rapidly increasing rates of caesarean section birth and induction of labour, but we’re not necessarily seeing that translate into declining rates of adverse outcomes.”
@EmilyCallander
🇦🇺
“midwives have been misrepresented as a group over the last decade mostly by the media but also by public figures. This has silenced many midwives and their voices are lost in any debate.” Yes.
@heawood
I think the issue is to ask women. I wanted to be in maternity after giving birth to my daughter. I wanted to be seen as a mother even though she was stillborn. I was not distressed by the cries of other women’s babies.
Midwives have so much evidence to show we can improve health and save lives. Eg midwife care reduces maternal morbidity by 2/3. Fight for women’s right to access midwives.
@FrankaCadee
#NJFC2019
A lack of respectful maternity care globally says a lot about our regard for women. Our paper reports on the development of a tool to assess students’ perceptions of respectful maternity care (free access to 11 Feb).
@PrativaDhakal5
@TransformingMCC
@JulikaJH
@CA18211
@DrSusanAyers
@DrAntjeHorsch
4% is huge when you realise the impact on women, babies, other children, partner/other family members, community, workplaces. Every mother matters. Women as mothers make such a huge contribution to the wellbeing of communities.
Yes. Leadership for midwives in Australia is needed. Separate from nursing and in its own right. We have distinct needs. Midwives need to be able to work to their full potential for the benefit of women, babies and families.
@world_midwives
@MidwivesACM
Public Midwifery caseload care costs 22% less than other models, (after accounting for differences in baseline characteristics). Public MIdwifery caseload care produced comparable health outcomes…some outcomes… better for ⬇️ $ per woman.
@EmilyCallander
Calling for a national, whole-system root & branch examination of maternity care provision, to establish the content, design, extent and limits for a publically funded maternity service that optimise equitable short & long term outcomes and wellbeing.
Midwifery students make a difference to clinical outcomes. This paper is the first.
@GriffithMidwife
students complete 20 continuity of care experiences. They are engaged in all aspects of care.
@TransformingMCC
Women who participated in continuity of care experiences with midwifery students had clinical outcomes equal to, or better than Qld birthing women across 12 key indicators. Free full-text link to our latest paper until 8/6/21.
@ProfJennyGamble
@d_creedy
Learn how to apply the Lancet series Framework for Quality Maternal and Newborn Care with our free cnline course - "Maternity Care: Building Relationships Really Does Save Lives". Now open - runs for 3 weeks
@Griffith_Health
@maryrenfrew
@TheLancet
NEW STUDY: Trauma and fear in Australian midwives
"trauma related to witnessing and experiencing disrespectful care and subsequently feeling complicit in the provision of poor care. Feeling unsupported in the workplace intensified trauma
@GriffithSchool
Universities are hit hard economically. Less students. We still need educated people now and in the future. What if university education was free? No HECS debt. No barrier to study. Study allowance as well as job seeker payments?
“Many women want a different kind of pregnancy and birth the next time .. Many want the same 1 or 2 midwives throughout, & to choose where they give birth. And … they want a vaginal birth, with less intervention.” Time for action. This message has been the same for 20 years.
What do ‘women want’ if they were to have another baby. Well done
@HazelKeedle
and team
More than 6,000 women told us what they wanted for their next pregnancy and birth. Here's what they said via
@ConversationEDU
Nursing and Midwifery
@GriffithNursing
@MidwiferyGU
achieved an Excellence in Research Australia (ERA) ranking of 5 (Well Above World Standard). So proud. We have great depth and breadth of research. Saving lives and promoting health.
Sterile H2O injections for back pain in labour - there is still a lot of heat in this issue. Here is our response to the NICE guidance update on use of on sterile water injections as a pain relief option for women experiencing backpain in labour 1/1
“Simply increasing the caesarean section rate and abandoning continuity of care initiatives will not improve maternal and newborn care in the United Kingdom.” Good analysis. Great comparison with countries that do better
#investinmidwives
VBAC is safe for most women. Women should not have to 'navigate obstacles' to access VBAC. Health services should increase access to models of care where a genuine and trusting relationship can develop between midwife and woman.
@soniasodha
@Humanisingbirth
@FlorenceDarlin1
Almost any strategy that has been tested to increase VBAC rates has been effective. So why are VBAC rates in Australia stagnant? Highlights from a systematic review and new research by
@CarolineHomer
@DebDavis100
@FoureurMaralyn
Midwifery leaders need bravery, confidence, resilience and personal commitment to midwifery continuity as 'the answer' to maternity care - in order to drive the change. Highlights new research from Joy Adcock
@Mary_Sidebotham
@ProfJennyGamble
Midwifery students’ experiences of working within a midwifery caseload... The study reinforced the value of the caseload model for women, midwives and students.
@Mary_Sidebotham
@MidwiferyGU
@geebeeWA
@yodaberg
@MidwivesACM
I hope you read the paper. It is about the use of sexed language. Sex (a reproductive category), gender (a societal role), and gender identity (an inner sense of self) are not synonymous.
Congrats on the study and paper. We know how to reduce
#FOC
. We tested a midwife-led counselling intervention
#BELIEF
. It worked. We know how to improve women’s birth experience
#continuitymidwiferycare
quality maternity care is needed for the next generation.
@mcareetrixie
My first 1st author paper was published today! 🥳 Data from the
#DREAMstudy
suggest that the association between
#FOC
and
#MotherChildBonding
is mediated by
#BirthExperience
, pointing to the importance of a woman’s positive subjective experience.
Midwifery education standards should preference continuity of care experience as the optimal clinical education model. Education needs to help drive maternity reform. Trans-Tasman Midwifery Education Consortium.
@FlorenceDarlin1
What is the evidence base for the purported ideology about “normal birth at all costs”? Homebirth rates are low, few women can access birth centres, and normal birth rates continue to drop in most countries. Plenty of evidence for the long-standing problem of medicalisation.
“Women with lower socioeconomic status are more exposed to negative experiences during labour and birth”…. still. Thank you for keeping inequality on the agenda.
Vedeler, et al. Women’s negative childbirth experiences and socioeconomic factors: Results from the Babies Born Better survey, Sexual & Reprod Healthcare, Vol 36, 2023, 100850,
ISSN 1877-5756,
.
Fantastic day. Terrific to be face to face and immersed in the science to guide quality maternity care. Thank you all esp the organisers. Can we do it again please?
@CMidOEngland
New novel research. Feedback from women on impact midwifery student learning with:
⬆️confidence in their clinical practice
⬆️understanding of their midwifery philosophy
⬆️intention to advocate for, and work in cont. of midwifery care
@nikki_tickle
et al.
@HadiWaheed
@AnnaTheMidwife
🙏 in the UK there seems to be scant attention paid to the impact of gestation on fetal brain development and the potential problems created by induction of labour or C/S. The ‘every week counts’ initiative does not seem to have much profile here.