What's new in midwifery - 2nd August 2023 - reports
Some recent reports you might find useful. And one piece of research that escaped from the earlier blogpost.Maternal mental health: a briefing for integrated care systems, Maternal Mental Health Alliance.The Independent Pregnancy Loss Review: care and support when baby loss occurs before 24 weeks gestation, presented to Parliament (PDF).Royal College of Midwives:England: State of maternity services, 2023. NHS Race and Health Observatory,Review of neonatal assessment and practice in Black, Asian and minority ethnic newborns: Exploring the Apgar score, the detection of cyanosis, and jaundice (PDF),covere...
Source: Browsing - August 2, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: midwifery Source Type: blogs
Nursing and midwifery national job profile review: evidence report
This report is the output from the evid ence gathering stage of the review project.ReportMore detail (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - May 31, 2023 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs
Re:Birth summary report
Royal College of Midwives -This project worked with representatives from across maternity care, including staff, advocacy groups and service users. It advises that midwives and obstetricians put the needs and wishes of women at the heart of all conversations about their care. It recommends that maternity staff should follow the five As: acknowledge, ask, affirm, avoid and annotate.Summary reportRoyal College of Midwives - press release (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - June 15, 2022 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Patient involvement, experience and feedback Patient safety Quality of care and clinical outcomes Source Type: blogs
What's new in midwifery - COVID vaccinations and pregnancy
The Guardian, and I am sure other sources, are reporting theproportion of critically ill patients with COVID that are unvaccinated pregnant women, and thatpregnant women are not taking the vaccine, orbeing turned away from vaccination clinics despite official advice.The Guardian has also reported somepersonal experiences of pregnant women about the vaccine.So what is the guidance? Here are three things specific to the UK (or England, in one case, I guess):Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, last updated in October 2021, Royal College of Midwives vaccines Q and APublic Health England advice on...
Source: Browsing - October 27, 2021 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: COVID-19 midwifery Source Type: blogs
Making maternity services safer: nurturing a positive culture
Royal College of Midwives -According to this report, poor working cultures must be tackled if UK maternity services are to be made safer. It describes how a positive working environment is needed, where multi-disciplinary teams work and train together and are better equipped to deliver good quality, safe care for women and families.ReportRoyal College of Midwives - press release (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - September 17, 2021 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Patient safety Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs
Supporting midwives to address the needs of women experiencing severe and multiple disadvantage
Royal College of Midwives (RCM) - Midwives can be extraordinarily effective in identifying needs and advocating for vulnerable women during their pregnancy, but their effectiveness is often hampered by a lack of resources and professional support. This must be addressed if midwives are to give women experiencing severe and multiple disadvantage the level of integrated support they need, to lessen the risk to them and their babies. In this position statement, the RCM calls on all UK NHS bodies to adopt its five-point plan to improve these women's outcomes.Position statementMore detail (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - November 30, 2020 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Public health and health inequalities Source Type: blogs
Advancing maternal justice on both sides of the Atlantic
Positive pregnancy and birthing experiences go beyond merely having a healthy mother and baby — so, too, does maternal justice, a term that encompasses broad goals.
Affordable, timely, high-quality, equitable, and dignified care during and after pregnancy is essential for all birthing people. Maternal justice is a model of culturally sensitive care that aims to dismantle inequities in maternity care and maximize maternal health and well-being. It rests on human rights and requires us to chip away at racism entrenched in health systems.
How do race and ethnicity affect pregnancy and birth?
Globally, Black, indigenous, and...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - October 8, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Isioma D. Okolo, MBChB, MRCOG, DTMH Tags: Adolescent health Health care disparities Parenting Pregnancy Women's Health Source Type: blogs
So what now?: supporting students through a global pandemic and beyond
This report finds that many student midwives are struggling under the weight of financial concerns, poor mental health and an unpredictable job market. It finds that 96 per cent of student midwives reported having mild or moderate mental health problems since the pandemic began. The survey shows that by the end of July just 36 per cent of students in their final year of midwifery training had been offered a job in the NHS. At the same time, midwifery educator numbers are not keeping pace with the rise in student midwife numbers, potentially leaving students less supported throughout their training.ReportRoyal College of Mi...
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - October 6, 2020 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs
COVID and pregnancy
As a member of the departmental EDI group, I wrote this as an email to Library and Leicester Learning Institute staff, as part of a series on how COVID affected protected groups. Here is the email, minus anything specifically University of Leicester.All links were checked on 3rd July 2020.NHS,including information in British Sign Language.NHS Inform (from NHS Scotland): haslinks to health information in languages other than English, and the COVID information may include information about pregnancy. There is information in Arabic, Bengali, British Sign Language, Chinese, Hindi, Polish, Punjabi, Romanian...
Source: Browsing - September 10, 2020 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: blogs
Coronavirus (COVID-19) infection in pregnancy: information for healthcare professionals
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists - The guidance covers the most up-to-date advice on how coronavirus affects pregnant women and their unborn babies, how labour and birth should be managed in women with suspected or confirmed coronavirus, as well as information on neonatal care and infant feeding. It has been jointly published with the Royal College of Midwives, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, Public Health England and Health Protection Scotland. It may be updatedif or when new information becomes available.GuidancePress release (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - March 8, 2020 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Patient safety Source Type: blogs
Agency, bank and overtime spending in UK maternity units in 2016
This report finds that NHS spending on temporary staffing in midwifery reached more than £97 million in 2016. It argues that the current shortage of midwives and pay restraint are contributory factors to the increasing reliance on temporary staffing.ReportPress release (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - October 31, 2017 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: NHS finances and productivity Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs
State of maternity services report 2016
Royal College of Midwives (RCM) - This annual report examines the statistics and figures around maternity services in order to identify emerging issues and trends. This year's report identifies a demographic change in both patients and workforce. The number of midwives under 50 has fallen and the report highlights concerns around a future shortfall of midwives in the UK's workforce. ReportPress release (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - February 6, 2017 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: Quality of care and clinical outcomes Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs
RCM guidance on implementing the NICE safe staffing guideline on midwifery staffing in maternity settings
Royal College of Midwives (RCM) - This guidance is aimed at senior midwives and NHS managers and aims to support them in implementing NICE safe staffing guidance in maternity services. ReportPress release (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - December 12, 2016 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: Regulation, governance and accountability Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs
Royal College of Midwives report: spending on agency midwives in England
This report is a result of freedom of information (FOI) requests that the RCM sent to 136 NHS trusts in England last year about spending on agency nurses. The FOI had a response rate of over 95 per cent with 130 trusts responding and it found that over 73 per cent of trusts in London with maternity services rely on agency midwives to staff their services. As a result, the spend on agency midwives has increased from £10,159,099 in 2012 to £17,849,767 in 2014 - representing an increase of almost 76 per cent.
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Press release (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - January 25, 2016 Category: UK Health Authors: The King's Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: NHS measurement and performance Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs
State of maternity services report 2015
This report finds that record numbers of births to older mothers are putting maternity units under pressure. The shortage is made worse, the report says, by the ageing of the midwifery workforce.
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Royal College of Midwives - news (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - October 29, 2015 Category: UK Health Authors: The King's Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: Quality of care and clinical outcomes Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs
