New NICE guidance out on issues including VBAC and finally some common sense based on evidence: no routine cannula, no routine CTG, use of water immersion is okay and just as safe as repeat C/S 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 nice.org.uk/guidance/ng121… @lornamidwife ✨JennyTheM©✨💙ENFP-T #BirthLeadership Lesley Page CBE Milli Hill

Thought for the day...

⁦Worcester Midsoc⁩ No woman’s land – a student midwife’s call (guest post) – MidwifeThinking midwifethinking.com/2019/04/09/no-…

The University of Worcester Midsoc will be holding this amazing study day THIS FRIDAY!

Thanks for organising - it was a fab day!

The impact of caseload midwifery, compared with standard care, on women's perceptions of antenatal care quality: Survey results from the M@NGO randomized controlled trial for women of any risk - Allen - - Birth - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111…

Just one week to go to our #150Leaders conference. Looking forward to hearing from our speakers Professor Brian Webster-Henderson OBE, Samuel Richards, Sarah Tutill (Bradder), Megan Cam, Kate Pound RN MPhil 💙, Clare Carter-Jones, Brendan McCormack, anna byrom, Gill Harrison PFHEA (she/her), @stephenjloftus and Jo Whiting

Worcester student midwives - please come along to our next journal club! Looking at a paper on how midwives discuss mental health with women antenatally. Great way to meet students from other cohorts, learn from each other and from our Consultant Midwife Caitlin Wilson

Thanks to Council of Deans of Health for the opportunity to share my experiences. Great to meet more #150Leaders and thanks to my co-presenters Sarah Tutill (Bradder) and Samuel Richards

Thanks for the share @NicholaJamison following Megan Cam's talk earlier. Worth a try if you're interesting in finding out your Myers-Briggs personality type!

18 trials 2800 babies born <37 weeks' gestation found DCC slashed the relative risk of death hospital by 1/3 #resusintact #bedsidestabilisation #bloodtobaby #physiologicaltransition Andrew Weeks @GeekFatimah Gill Moncrieff ThePractisingMidwife Tracey Cooper MBE PhD FRCM Cathrine Trulsvik ✨Deirdre Munro✨ Hannah Dahlen AM

Really interesting article - love the idea of using a salutogenic approach to midwifery education as well as midwifery practice. Congratulations to ✨Dr Anna Byrom✨She/Her #NTFS2019! @SagefemmeSB Worcester Midsoc UoWMidwiferyteachingteam

As a paediatrician, I am trying to change to using parents' names rather than labels. I have noticed surprise, delight and a dynamic in which I am consulting rather than "The Consultant". Surely that's better for the patient? bmj.com/content/367/bm… Steph Nimmo The BMJ

Really important blog on Postpartum Thyroiditis from Jenny for Positive Birth Movement. Misdiagnosis led to terrible consequences. She did not feel properly listened to by professionals and her concerns were dismissed to her detriment. Please read & share. positivebirthmovement.org/my-battle-with…

This is such an important campaign! Black women* are x5 times more likely to die in childbirth than white women* #fivexmore Fivexmore_ & we have a suppressed MBRRACE UK report to see where those figures are Birthrights 💕Sheena Byrom she/her 💕 Michelle Quashie @_MarsLord Dr Ruth Oshikanlu MBE RN RM RHV QN FRCN FAAN FRSPH

Ever wondered what #continuityofcarer is like in practice? Then grab a cuppa and take a few minutes to watch our short film which had its 🌎 premiere at today’s Continuity event! We hope you enjoy watching it as much as we enjoyed making it 😍 youtube.com/watch?v=zTSQja…

Thanks for organising Caitlin Wilson and Worcester Midsoc, it was a very informative and inspiring day!

Delighted & honoured to be invited to speak at this #Iamahealthcareleader event in Oxford ➡️ March 👍🏼 on ‘Speaking Up & Speaking Out’. @RalucaVagner! Please do share programme Gill Moncrieff Lesley Page CBE @ruthalexsanders Camella Main Megan Cam Dr Claire Feeley

Are you newly pregnant in Herefordshire? You can now refer yourself to Hereford midwives – no need to book a GP appointment. Log on to this website when you are 6 to 7 weeks pregnant, then they’ll contact you to organise your first midwife appointment tinyurl.com/p7emmkss

Vital to ensuring true choice & personalisation for women using maternity services Wye Valley NHS Trust delighted to have launched single point of access Maria Pearman Sarah Ashwood Elaine 💙 Lucy Flanagan Chris Hargraves Fiona McHale Herefordshire and Worcestershire LMNS