Voice of an… international midwife

Bobby-Joe Campbell moved to the UK from Jamaica in September 2022 and works at the Countess of Chester Hospital Coming to the UK was a huge change for me. It was the first time I was separated from my kids and I was struggling to communicate with my family due to a poor phone network. It was also […]

Voice of a… student midwife

Nic Ferguson, a third-year at Edinburgh Napier University and chair of the Student Midwives Forum (SMF), spoke at the RCM conference in May I had the pleasure of speaking at the RCM conference on the topic of leadership in maternity services. As a student midwife, the opportunity to speak on a topic that is fundamental […]

Voice of a mother – having empathy

Student midwife Becca Wetherell experienced a miscarriage while on placement and says it will help her be a better midwife When you change career a little later in life, you get asked ‘Why?’ a lot. I’m a second-year student midwife at the University of Suffolk and I’m 36. My answer is usually that my pregnancy […]

Voice of a… student midwife

Nic Ferguson, a third-year at Edinburgh Napier University and chair of the Student Midwives Forum (SMF), spoke at the RCM conference in May I had the pleasure of speaking at the RCM conference on the topic of leadership in maternity services. As a student midwife, the opportunity to speak on a topic that is fundamental […]