research prioritisation project
Maternity research receives less funding than many other areas of healthcare. This project will discover the gaps in evidence across all areas of midwifery practice and maternity care and identify a top 10 research priorities will be championed by the RCM and other organisations to influence funders and policy makers.
The Project
The scope of this PSP will include perspectives gathered from all four countries of the UK from Midwives (regardless of current professional focus), student midwives and maternity support workers, Service users – which include women and birthing people, their partners, families and friends and service user organisations. It will cover perspectives on midwifery/MSW care and practice education and development, workforce and staff wellbeing.
You are invited to register as an Interested Party whereby you will automatically receive the two online project surveys and an invitation to express your interest in attending the final project workshop. Click here to register as an Interested Party.
Head to the James Lind Alliance website to find more about the project, the team behind it and the full protocol.
Project partners
Organisations are invited to register as Project Partners throughout the life of the project to promote the project within in their networks, including dissemination of the two online surveys.
Are you interested in becoming a project partner? Head to our Expression of Interest form.
Support for maternity service users
Completion of the survey may bring up difficult or uncomfortable memories. We have curated a list of organisations that provide support if needed. You can also look at the full list of Project Partner logos to find other organisations that may be able to provide you with specialist support. Alternatively, or in addition, you can contact the maternity service who provided your care.
