by Sheena Byrom | Jun 12, 2018 | Blog
Dr Marie Lewis, Consultant Midwife, Powys Teaching Health Board ‘On average, 30% of women in Powys have midwife-led care in the community for labour; with 15% of that group (about 1 in 7) transferring to hospital for care during labour (intrapartum...
by Sheena Byrom | May 12, 2018 | Blog
by Claire Mathews Lead Clinical Midwife, Cheshire and Merseyside Local Maternity System Cheshire and Merseyside has recently opened a ‘pop-up’ freestanding birth centre on the Wirral a great innovation, as there were previously no freestanding midwifery-led units in...
by Sheena Byrom | Jan 20, 2018 | Blog
The Meadow Birth Centre, Worcestershire Findings have been published from the midwifery unit mapping study, led by Assistant Professor, Denis Walsh, and a multi-disciplinary team of academics from Nottingham University; City, University of London; De Montfort...
by Sheena Byrom | Nov 18, 2017 | Blog
On 6th November 2017, a maternity audit report was published, based on births in NHS maternity services in England, Scotland and Wales over two years (1st April 2015 – 31st March 2016). This blog summarises some of the key findings and methodological details of...
by Sheena Byrom | Jan 4, 2017 | Blog
By Gill Walton Director of Midwifery Portsmouth Hospitals Trust The My Birthplace app gives evidence based information and is used as part of a shared decision making pathway to help women express their preference for place of birth. It was developed by a group of...
by Sheena Byrom | Sep 10, 2016 | Blog
By Lucia Rocca-Ihenacho Around 4.7 million European women give birth each year. Despite the strong evidence for midwifery-led care and midwifery units, most EU countries still offer women very limited choice regarding place of birth and lead practitioner, with...
