If you are someone who works with pregnant people, please start initiating changes in your place of work to stop this unnecessary suffering for these families

Guest speaker announcement 📢 Dr Diane Menage is a senior lecturer at DMU Midwifery Society supporting student midwives to fulfil their ambitions! We look forward to having you! ❤️

Please take part in this survey to help bridge the gap of health inequality in #maternity as well as other health sectors

The programme for this virtual conference that’s coming up on Saturday looks absolutely fantastic, and so very important as we all strive to reduce inequalities in maternity outcomes! Featuring the wonderful Donna Ockenden FRSA, Hon DLitt Hon DSci and much much more! Link in original tweet for tickets

After recording this episode Lost in Translation about the challenges of treating women and families that do not speak English I have had some fun playing around with CardMedic you can hear more about this useful resource on Wild Card - Whose Shoes? Episode tomorrow ( serendipity ) #MatExp

“We calculated that meeting WHO targets for at least a 50% breastfeeding rate in Ireland and China would save far more emissions than using renewable gas to reduce the emissions in production.” #COP26Glasgow #cop26 #breastfeeding #ClimateActionNow

Watch this space for us at Leicester's Hospitals Maternity! 🤗🤫

We welcome the Government's announcement to invest a further £3million for RoyalCollegeObsGyn in partnership with the Royal College of Midwives 💙 and THIS Institute to develop a national programme of tools and training products to improve maternity care and reduce brain injuries at birth.

Inequalities in maternal mortality remain amongst women from different ethnic groups, and amongst women who live in affluent or deprived areas. Lay summary of findings available at npeu.ox.ac.uk/mbrrace-uk/rep…

Difficult births can still be positive ☺️ always thankful 💖

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We stand in solidarity with midwives up and down the country as they hold vigils today to call for urgent action to address the challenges facing maternity services and staff. #marchformidwives

Come and join us - Leicester Town Hall Square at 2pm. #marchwithmidwives #leicestermarchwithmidwives facebook.com/10317249550398…

Midwives are having to deal with the biggest mismatch between demand and capacity, I’ve ever seen. Telling at risk women they have to stay at home takes it’s toll. A generation of bright, idealistic, driven, inspirational colleagues are leaving the profession. #marchformidwives

Thank you Carolyn Fox OBE 💙 for the opportunities you’ve given us through your chief nurse fellow programme, you’re an inspiration! We wish you all the best on your new venture ☺️

Congratulations to an amazing midwife! Feel so lucky to have learnt so much from Ruth 🥰

Excited to get this started as a bit of fun for our amazing #maternity staff 🥰 @linseymilnes

#monitoringmay2022 week of the 9th May. #fmlnetwork watch this space. Dm me or Catherine for more info. Michaela Thompson Leicester's Hospitals #IAandlowriskmonitoring #antenatal #intrapartum #HIE #safermaternitycare #covidandfetalmonitoring.

Hi dont forget of you would like to present on #monitoringmay 2022 drop myself or Catherine a DM. chance to share your successes, learning and teaching. @TeamCMidO MatNeoSIP RoyalCollegeObsGyn Donna Ockenden FRSA, Hon DLitt Hon DSci Florence (she/her) RCM Students #fetalmonitoring #safermaternity Michaela Thompson