2 October 2025, 10.00AM - 4.00PM
Virtual
Venue: Zoom
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Stronger hearts, safer births
The UKMCS is delighted to host our second annual Midwives’ symposium in collaboration with the RCM. Join us for this free, online, inspiring conference for midwives, to explore the latest hot topics relating to maternal cardiology. This programme has been designed for all midwives, not just those already involved in complex clinics or maternal medicine, to enhance your everyday practice. It will equip midwives with essential knowledge, confidence, and tools to deliver safer, equitable care.
Progamme
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
| 10:00 – 10:10 | Welcome & introduction | Rebecca Jarman RM |
| Session 1 | Personalised pregnancy planning | |
| 10:10 – 10:30 | Reproductive options for genetic variant carriers / Monogenic CVD | Catrina Williams GC |
| 10:30 – 10:50 | Care planning following heart transplant – a midwifery perspective | Clare Boag RM |
| 10:50 – 11:10 | Pre-conception risk assessment & disease optimisation | Dr Anna Herrey |
| 11:10 – 11:20 | Q&A | Rebecca Jarman RM |
| 11:20 – 11:35 | Coffee Break | |
| Session 2 | Cardiac causes of chest pain | |
| 11:35 – 11:55 | Overview | Dr Dawn Adamson |
| 11:55 – 12:05 | Lived experience: Aortic dissection | Mrs Haleema Saadia |
| 12:05 – 12:25 | Midwifery perspective | Claire Hendry RM |
| 12:25 – 12:35 | Lived experience: SCAD | Mrs Geri Moroney |
| 12:35 – 12:45 | Q&A | Rebecca Jarman RM |
| 12:45 – 13:30 | Lunch | |
| Session 3 | Learning from MBRRACE | |
| 13:30 – 13:50 | Cardiologist perspective | Dr Anna Herrey |
| 13:50 – 14:10 | Midwife perspective | Catherine Barlow RM |
| 14:10 – 14:30 | Obstetrician perspective | Dr Ferha Saeed |
| 14:30 – 14:40 | Q&A | Rebecca Jarman RM |
| 14:40 – 14:50 | Coffee break | |
| Session 4 | Knowledge gaps, latest research & updates | |
| 14:50 – 15:10 | PREG-HEART registry: The Heart Hive | Dr Laura Ormeshern Rachel Cartwright |
| 15:10– 15:30 | Global PrAKI consortium | Katherine Clark RM |
| 15:30 – 15:50 | Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy | Dr Anita Banerjee |
| 15:50 – 16:00 | Summary & close | Anita/Rebecca |
Feedback from previous delegates:
‘I really enjoyed that the level of explanation was exactly right. Thank you so much.’
‘Great webinar with excellent speakers’
‘It was fantastic!’
‘Really thoughtfully put together as a study afternoon, enjoyable and easy to attend. Being able to gain knowledge from a range of experts was brilliant. Can see how the extra knowledge can be used in practice.’
‘I had very little knowledge about cardiac conditions before. But we are seeing more pregnant women with cardiac conditions, persistent tachycardia and shortness shortness of breath. The event was really informative and will definitely change my practice going forward. It was presented well at a level I could understand.’
97% said they would be ‘very likely to attend another UKMCS symposium
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