HeyJaredThe Maternity & Midwifery Hour
Weekly conversations with leading midwifery experts - hosted by the Maternity and Midwifery Forum.
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20.1 The Midwifery Student Jobs Crisis - with Alix Morrison and Nicole Stuart (opens the original)
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Series 20 - Episode 1: The Midwifery Student Jobs Crisis How has it come about that there are so few jobs for student midwives? The NHS has known they were in the pipeline, on student placement, in maternity units. The NHS has a shortage of midwives; maternity units are marked "need improvement" or "inadequate" by CQC for staff shortages. Earlier this year student midwives, including one of our contributors, presented a petition to No10. The Government has promised money for 1000 recruits, but 2
19.12 Why moving matters in pregnancy and birth (opens the original)
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For as long as we can remember, student midwives have learned about the female pelvis, and the fetal skull, its dimensions and fit together, and the mechanism of labour. But do we always understand the complexities of that mechanism, and the influence of factors like exercise, and movement may have on the process, even before the beginning of labour? Molly O’Brien joins us to discuss how we can develop our knowledge and skills, using research and evidence focussing on biomechanics, and how we ca
19.11 Improving the service..improving outcomes .. (opens the original)
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One of the key outcomes that we as midwives within the maternity care team need to address is that of pre-term labour and birth – when a baby is born before 37 weeks of pregnancy, working towards improving perinatal outcomes. We are joined this week by Dede Thorpe, Preterm Specialist Midwife at East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, who will be talking about the experience of women and families who have given birth early, and highlight the key risk factors, highlighting how to signpost
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