Couple thank student midwife who gave birth to their daughter
Surrogate Jennifer Halliday gave birth to baby Connie in Paisley two weeks ago. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - August 31, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Botswana: Delegates Embrace Framework for Nursing Midwifery Strategy
[Botswana Daily News] Gaborone -- The 73rd Session of the WHO Regional Committee (RC73) delegates have welcomed the framework for implementing the global strategic directions for Nursing and Midwifery 2021-2025 in the WHO African region. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 31, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Botswana Health and Medicine Southern Africa Source Type: news
Midwife's warning on leaving house with young babies - as three-week-old dies at festival
EXCLUSIVE: Midwife Pip Davies warned of sudden infant death syndrome, which happens when a newborn is too hot. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - August 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
One Man ’ s Quest to Heal the Oceans —And Maybe Save the World
Enric Sala—marine ecologist, conservationist, and ocean advocate—is standing under a life-size replica of a Northern Atlantic Right Whale at the natural history museum in Washington, D.C., and the air outside is smudged with wildfire smoke drifting down from Canada. It’s not surprising that Sala wants to talk about the smoke, or about whales. Their poop, however, is an unexpected twist. According to Sala, whale excrement, or, more precisely, the lack of it, has a role to play in the choking miasma that has forced my interview with one of the world’s foremost ocean explorers indoors instead of out on...
Source: TIME: Science - August 24, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Aryn Baker Tags: Uncategorized climate change healthscienceclimate TIME 2030 Source Type: news
South Africa: Sr Wattie - the Midwife From District Six Who Heeded the Call to Nurse and Deliver
[spotlight] For decades, most stories from Cape Town's District Six started with - "I was born at Peninsula Maternity Hospital!" The Peninsula Maternity Hospital was established in 1921 as a training hospital specialising in midwifery. It closed down in 1992, as services were amalgamated with Mowbray Maternity Hospital. On the day of its closure, a group of nurses climbed up to the hospital's roof to take a last look at Table Mountain and the surrounds where they served so many. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 23, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine South Africa Southern Africa Sustainable Development Women and Gender Source Type: news
Nurse removed from register after inappropriate comments as NMC plans free speech guidance
A nurse has been removed from the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) register after saying on a live TV debate that people who voted for the Conservative party did not ‘deserve to be resuscitated’. After receiving a large number of public complaints related to the comments made by Miranda Hughes, a former adult nurse, the... Read moreThe post Nurse removed from register after inappropriate comments as NMC plans free speech guidance appeared first on Nursing in Practice. (Source: Nursing in Practice)
Source: Nursing in Practice - August 22, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Wiliam Hunter Tags: Latest news Source Type: news
NMC proceeds with FtP investigation for nurse manager in Lucy Letby trust
The Nursing and Midwifery Council has confirmed it will proceed with a fitness to practise investigation into Lucy Letby’s former manager. The former nursing director at the hospital trust where Lucy Letby was employed has also been suspended from her current role, following concerns about her handling of clinicians’ concerns. Alison Kelly, who was a... Read moreThe post NMC proceeds with FtP investigation for nurse manager in Lucy Letby trust appeared first on Nursing in Practice. (Source: Nursing in Practice)
Source: Nursing in Practice - August 22, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Wiliam Hunter Tags: Latest news Fitness to practise Lucy Letby NMC Source Type: news
Give midwives ‘time to care,’ demands RCM
Vital perinatal mental health is ‘on the precipice,’ the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has warned as the college launches a roadmap for improving services. The RCM found that one in five women will experience mental health issues during pregnancy and up to a year after, with suicide remaining one of the leading causes of... Read moreThe post Give midwives ‘time to care,’ demands RCM appeared first on Nursing in Practice. (Source: Nursing in Practice)
Source: Nursing in Practice - August 17, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Wiliam Hunter Tags: Latest news Mental health Pregnancy Source Type: news
£30million set aside to fund nurses in research positions
The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) will spend an additional £30m a year to increase the number of nurses and midwives in research positions. The government funded body aims to enable more healthcare professionals across England to include research in their careers. Additional funding will help nurses, midwives, and other allied health... Read moreThe post £30million set aside to fund nurses in research positions appeared first on Nursing in Practice. (Source: Nursing in Practice)
Source: Nursing in Practice - August 17, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Wiliam Hunter Tags: Education Latest news Professional Source Type: news
Nigeria: Work Ongoing to Stop Nigerian Nurses From Migrating - Council
[Vanguard] Work is ongoing on migration policy to curtail brain drain in the health sector, Dr Faruk Abubakar, Registrar/Chief Executive Officer of the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria, has said. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 17, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Nigeria West Africa Source Type: news
Strengthening perinatal mental health: a roadmap to the right support at the right time
Royal College of Midwives -This roadmap aims to ensure women receive the support they need and to improve perinatal mental health care in the UK. It finds that one in five women will experience mental health issues during pregnancy and up to a year after birth, ranging from anxiety and depression to more significant illness. Furthermore, suicide remains one of the leading causes of death in new mothers up to the first year after giving birth. It highlights how few of the women who died as a result of poor perinatal mental health actually received a formal mental health diagnosis despite reported symptoms.ReportRoyal Colleg...
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - August 16, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Mental health Source Type: news
Across Afghanistan, resourceful midwives brave multiple barriers to ensure maternal health and safe births
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan– A week after delivering her baby girl, Ms. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - August 15, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Nurses' preparedness, opinions, barriers, and facilitators in responding to intimate partner violence: a mixed-methods study - Li Q, Zeng J, Zhao B, Perrin N, Wenzel J, Liu F, Pang D, Liu H, Hu X, Li X, Wang Y, Davidson PM, Shi L, Campbell JC.
INTRODUCTION: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is associated with multiple adverse health consequences. Nurses (including midwives) are well positioned to identify patients subjected to IPV, and provide care, support, and referrals. However, studies about n... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 15, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
Nigeria: WHO Red List Fails to Stem Exodus of Health Workers From Nigeria, Others
[Premium Times] The Nigerian Association of Nurses and Midwives has reported that Nigeria now has a nurse-to-patient ratio of one nurse to about 1,160 patients, whereas the OECD average is one nurse to around 114 patients. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 15, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Economy, Business and Finance Health and Medicine Labour Nigeria West Africa Source Type: news
Rwanda: Rwanda Looks to Quadruple Healthcare Workforce
[New Times] The Ministry of Health plans to multiply the healthcare workforce by fourfold within the next four years. The move is intended to address a shortage of nurses and midwives across the country. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 11, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Central Africa East Africa Health and Medicine Rwanda Source Type: news
