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Birth behind bars
In the early hours of the morning on 4 October 2019, a woman gave birth alone in her cell at HMP Bronzefield. When prison staff reached the cell later that morning, the baby was unresponsive, and was later confirmed to have died. An investigation ...
Can resilience be taught in midwifery education?
When I commenced my doctorate of education, I wanted to challenge the current resilience discourse which appeared to do more to threaten than promote it in midwives. Student midwives have to complete a demanding programme, including dealing ...
Plans and Promises
The actions and commitments in the plan are informed by the scale and pace of transformation in recent months and by the flexibility, innovation and collaboration shown throughout the crisis by NHS workers.
Encounters with the Pig of Happiness – how I came to understand self-leadership
I came across Edward Monkton’s Pig of Happiness animation when I was preparing to deliver my first ever seminar on leadership and its application within midwifery. I was acutely aware that three hours of leadership theory was just not going ...
Black mothers’ lives matter
Black pregnant women are five times more likely, and Asian women twice as likely, to die during pregnancy and childbirth than white women. For those of us who have dedicated our careers to supporting pregnant women to give birth safely and healthily, ...
A reduction in premature births during COVID-19
A remarkable reduction in premature birth has been found in two studies. Although neither have yet been published in peer reviewed journals, the findings from Ireland and Denmark are receiving plenty of interest. The findings of both studies ...
What about maternity staff on the NHS PRB report?
You probably saw the announcement on Tuesday by the Chancellor of public sector pay increases. This covered doctors, police, teachers and others. You might have thought what about midwives and MSWs? The announcement only covered groups covered ...What is leadership, anyway? And what does it mean to you?
Recently I’ve been considering the challenge of defining leadership. I’m not alone in this: it’s been said that there are almost as many definitions of leadership as there are leaders!
Identity and race: tackling racism in the NHS
I have multiple identities: I am a British woman. I am a Muslim. I am of Asian descent. I am a midwife. I am also the Head of Quality and Safety for the Royal College of Midwives. My Britishness has always been in doubt by others even when I was a child.