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MIDIRS Midwifery Digest December 2025 – table of contents
Latest Research Update – 27 November 2025
Latest Research Update – 20 November 2025
Nipple shields for breastfeeding: trying to clear the fog around their use
Dr Lucy Goddard discusses the history, use and stigma surrounding nipple shields, and introduces her research project aimed at supporting women and healthcare professionals to make informed decisions around nipple shield use. About the Author Dr Lucy Goddard is a postdoctoral researcher in Maternity and Women’s Health at the University of Oxford. Lucy’s research focuses […]
Latest Research Update – 13 November 2025
Latest Research Update – 6 November 2025
Informed Consent: Search Pack of the Month, November
In line with the Royal College of Midwives’ second highest research priority, MIDIRS free Search Pack of the Month for November is ‘Informed Consent’. In May, the RCM announced their top ten research priorities following the 16-month Research Prioritisation Project which gathered the perspectives of UK-based midwives, student midwives and maternity support workers. We […]
Speaking up
Melissa Griffin achieved a first for her research into the assumptions made about Black people, the ways healthcare professionals practice unconscious bias and the effects on care received. Melissa is an RCM activist, a Freedom to Speak up champion, a cultural humility and civility trainer, a maternity safeguarding supervisor and a specialist perinatal mental health […]