By Sean O' Sullivan on 12 February 2021
Matt Hancock, the Health Secretary in England, yesterday (Thursday 11 February) launched a White Paper outlining proposals for the further integration of health and care services, the removal of bureaucratic rules and processes and the ...
By Lynne Galvin on 09 February 2021
The Government has published their response to the NHS pension scheme consultation that closed on 11 October 2020. The consultation was to decide how to correct the discrimination that has been identified in the McCloud Judgement and came ...
By Sandra Igwe LLB MBA SSE, Founder of The Motherhood Group on 29 January 2021
There is a disparity in the care given and received by black women. It’s there because there is a lack of trust between black women, healthcare services and the Government. Running The Motherhood Group, a platform where black and ethnic minority ...
By Charlotte Wilson, Policy Advisor and Carmel Lloyd, Head of Education and Learning on 15 January 2021
As midwifery students, you are one of our most vital resources, the future of our profession. The past year has been extremely challenging, with studies disrupted and graduation delayed for the Class of 2020. As your trade union and professional ...
By Kathryn Gutteridge, President on 17 December 2020
This last year has brought with it many challenges and surprises for maternity care, all of which midwives have risen to. Women and their families have had to face birthing in a different way than they planned and for some this has caused them disappointment ...
By Gill Walton, Chief Executive on 14 December 2020
The interim report from the Ockenden Enquiry was published last week. It is harrowing reading the accounts of the women and families involved and knowing that they had to wait so long for their voices to be heard. The complex culture that led to ...
By Hermione Jackson, Digital Midwife Project Advisor on 09 December 2020
As a midwife, we are often faced with women who experience or are at risk of experiencing domestic abuse and violence. It can be challenging to even ask a woman about any current or past domestic abuse, but then to also know what to do with the information ...
By Janet Fyle, on 07 December 2020
This year’s United Nations-sponsored 16 days of activism against gender based violence began at the end of November. As midwives we are all too aware of the impact of domestic violence and abuse on the women in our care – and many of us will have ...
By Gill Walton, Chief Executive on 04 December 2020
I am so aware of how midwives and maternity teams have stepped up, have been innovative and have kept smiling behind their masks in order to give the best possible care to women during the pandemic. I am so proud to be part of this profession.
By Stuart Bonar, Public Affairs Advisor on 27 November 2020
As you may have seen in the news, last Wednesday the Chancellor Rishi Sunak set out how the Government in England expects to spend its budget over the next year. One thing he said that got a lot of attention was about pay in the NHS, including for midwives ...