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9 May conference programme 

Stream A - auditorium 

Time

Session

Theme

Resources

09.30 - 10.30

Listening to words unsaid: Supporting perinatal mental health

Lynn Clay, Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Kerry Adekoya, perinatal mental health specialist midwife, South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust

Yasmeen Akhtar, mental wellbeing midwife, Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Nafiza Anwar, director and co founder , Association of South Asian Midwives

Carmel Doyle, operational manager, Parent Infant Mental Health Services (PIMHS)

Perinatal wellbeing

Publication: Strengthening Perinatal mental health

MIDIRS search packs: P198 Perinatal mental health

10.50 - 11.50

You don't lead alone

Duncan Burton, Deputy CNO, NHS England

Nic Ferguson , student midwife , Edinburgh Napier University                                                                                

Gillian Morton MBE, director of midwifery, NHS Forth Valley

Chrissy Walsh , infant feeding support worker, Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust

Leadership

Publications: The Solution series - Making maternity services safer: The role of leadership Perinatal mental health

MIDIRS search packs: M77 Leadership

12.10 - 13.10 

Surrogacy in maternity services: individualised care

Ruby Handley-Stone, professional advisor, education, Royal College of Midwives

Michael Johnson-Ellis, co-founder and co-ceo, My Surrogacy Journey

Wes Johnson-Ellis, co-founder and co-ceo, My Surrogacy Journey

Suzanne Wood, midwife sonographer, Doncaster & Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals

Individualised care

  MIDIRS search packs: MS65 Surrogacy

13.50.  14.50

There’s a hole in my bucket: Retaining and supporting maternity staff

Laura Boyce, director of midwifery, NHS Dumfries and Galloway

Susanne Chatterley-Stettler, associate director of midwifery & neonatal services, Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

Dr Mo Tabib, lecturer & researcher, Robert Gordon University

Recruitment and retention

Publications: Getting the workforce right; Safer staffing

I-learn: Surrogacy 

15.00-15.30  

Close                     

Gill Walton CBE, chief executive and general secretary, RCM

   

Stream B - room 3

Time

Session

Theme Resources

09.45 -10.35

Registered Midwife Degree Apprenticeships: the Wolverhampton experience

Sally Ashton-May, director for midwifery policy and practice, Royal College of Midwives

Heather Bower, head of education, Royal College of Midwives                            

Marcia Edwards, lead midwife for education, University of Wolverhampton

Paula Foster, practice development midwife, The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust

Ellie-Mai Humphries, Midwifery Apprentice, year 3        Jewlee Robinson, Midwifery Apprentice, year 3

Education

Publication: Registered Midwife Degree Apprenticeship evaluation  

10.50 -11.35 

Abstracts 

The experience of labour and birth in the UK for women from South Asian ethnic backgrounds. Bethan McEvoy,  The University of Manchester/ Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Neonatal assessments in Black, Asian and minority ethnic newborns: Apgar scoring and detection of cyanosis and jaundice. Frankie Fair and Professor Hora Soltani, Sheffield Hallam University

Bridging a healthcare gap with a lifestyle App: The DAPHNY study. Lucy Goddard, University of Oxford

Research

  

11.50 - 12.40

Delivering good bereavement care

Sue McKellar, NBCP Scotland manager, National Bereavement Care Pathway Scotland

Lesley Roe and Emma Radcliffe, bereavement midwife and senior midwife, Countess of Chester Hospital

Susan Stitt  and Jacqueline Dorrian   South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust 

Individualised care

MIDIRS search packs: PN1 Perinatal bereavement; P37 Miscarriage: bereavement and counselling

12.55 -13.40 

Abstracts 

You will never walk alone (bereaved fathers support through sport), Kelleher M, Caroll, P Bray L, Hanlon A, Fulstow, A , Liverpool Women's Hospital, Liverpool Football Foundation, Edgehill University

Co - creating maternal health:  The transformative power of co-production in The Lost Mothers Project. Dr Laura Abbott, University of Hertfordshire

Understanding what homeless pregnant women in temporary accommodation want from midwives: summarising women’s care andneeds from maternity services. Sara Cumming, University of Dundee (Mother, Infant and Child Health Research Group and Belinda Ngugi NCT Newham Nurture. 

Individualised care

  

13.55- 14.45

Genomics demystified: Essential insights for clinical midwifery practice

Donna Kirwan, national lead clinical midwife for genomics, NHS England

Lyndsay Ratan, case manager, Genomics England

Research

I-learn: Genetics and genomics for midwifery practice

MIDIRS search packs: P203 Genomics

Stream C - room 11

Time

Session

Theme

Resources

09.30 - 10.20

Abstracts 

Turning ideas into action: updates on the RCM’s Research Prioritisation Project. Jude Field and Jenny Cunningham, research advisors, RCM

Maternity care experiences of women from minority ethnic backgrounds living in areas of social deprivation in Liverpool: a grounded theory study. Sarah Farrell, clinical PhD fellow, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

Research

 

10.40- 11.30 

Caring for women and families with additional care needs Fiona Dry, training and workforce development lead, Pause.org.uk

Jeannine Joseph , ppie lead for taps2, Guys and St. Thomas's Foundation Trust

Vicky Robinson, taps2 lead research midwife, Guy's and St Thomas's NHS Foundation Trust 

Individualised care

Publications: Caring for pregnant women with pre-existing and gestational diabetes, Caring for migrant women 

MIDIRS search packs: MS25  Homeless women; MS46 Child protection and safeguarding, child abuse and neglect

11.50 - 12.40

Abstracts 

Senior student midwives’ perceptions of autonomy when involved in a Collaborative Learning in Practice (CLiP) pilot project at an NHS Trust in London. Dr Gina Finnerty and Dr Heather Bower University of Greenwich and Royal College of Midwives

Regional Implementation of Strategies to Improve Clinical Escalation in Intrapartum Care: A Mixed Methods Evaluation as part or a conference session. Nimarta Dharni, Fiona Cross-Sudworth, Sara Kenyon, University of Birmingham

Education

  

12.55 -13.40

Abstracts 

The capacity mystery: how can education and practice placement providers collaborate to maximise and expand learning environment capacity for student midwives whilst maintaining quality assurance. Catherine Flaherty and Dr Christine Furber, Northern Care Alliance and University of Manchester
An alternative offer for student placement- Embedding the message of prevention for our future midwifery workforce. Chloe Stevenson and Rachel Middleton, Better Start Bradford
An exploration of midwives’ experiences of working through the menopause: A feminist qualitative study. Heather Woods and Jo Gould, University of Brighton

Research

  

14.00 - 14.50 

Learning together: Multi-professional  education and simulation 

Eileen Dudley , maternity & neonatal safety improvement lead, Health Innovation Oxford and Thames Valley  Lisa Jeffery, Sussex ICB - Sussex LMNS

Michelle East Director of Midwifery Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

Camella Main, consultant midwife, London Ambulance Service, East Midlands Ambulance service

Steven Magee, consultant paramedic, Welsh Ambulance Service      

Leadership

MIDIRS search packs: M88 Simulation-based training; M36 Learning and teaching methods

 

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