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Working through the pandemic and beyond
Working through the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond: an examination of mental wellbeing, burnout, work-related quality of life and coping across the health and social care workforce.![](/media/5105/20210624_130943.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=720&height=467&rnd=132690118470000000)
Walking the line – being a mum with cancer that cannot be cured
As a mum with a baby or young child/ren receiving a diagnosis of cancer that cannot be cured is earth shattering. There are no words to adequately convey the way that cold fear and dread grab hold of your heart and squeeze. The exquisite pain of imagining ...Finding a shared narrative: introducing the Re:Birth project
There is no doubt that the term ‘normal birth’ has become the focus of much debate over recent years in the UK. While many working in maternity care sit somewhere in the middle, the debate and discussion around normal birth has become polarised ...Health, safety and escalating risk
In our own units and in our teams, we have our ways of assessing risk and improving our maternity services. However, when faced with a global pandemic we took to much larger collective ways of assessing risk, applying national guidance and we ...![](/media/2245/shutterstock_171352904.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=720&height=467&rnd=131884116510000000)
Starting with ABC: working together to avoid brain injury in childbirth
How many parents-to-be, when asked about the sex of their baby, answer “we don’t mind as long as it’s healthy”? That’s their hope and the expectation, and indeed, that’s the outcome for the vast majority of parents. Sadly for some, though, complications ...The RCM response to the NICE induction of labour draft guideline
Several new recommendations from the updated draft 2021 NICE guideline on induction on labour have caused concerns in the midwifery community. In particular, the implication of those recommendations on service provision, midwifery workforce, ...![](/media/1971/web_maternity_sign_shutterstock_772762654.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=720&height=467&rnd=131884116450000000)
Maternity under the spotlight
The past week has seen the publication of not one, but two, landmark reports into the state of maternity services in England. On Monday, the House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee published a report on the safety of maternity services ...![](/media/5192/ma-logo_10-years-medium.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=720&height=467&rnd=132712658980000000)