Helen Shallow
@helenshallow
Teenage mother at 18, RGN @ 31 & Midwife by 33. Retired 2017 after 12 yrs consultant midwife and four as HoM. Gained Masters, PGCEA and PhD.
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29-05-2014 12:44:27
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James Titcombe My own PhD “Are you Listening to me” completed in 2017 showed that we were headed for this perfect storm. Not enough beds, women repeatedly turned away, told they were not in Labour, midwives forced to act as gatekeepers to a restricted service.
James Titcombe More inductions on grounds of ‘safety’ and then delayed due to no beds or no staff. Production- line obstetrics serves no-one well, least of all mothers and babies. The 2008 crash coupled with Govt policy has been a disaster for maternity care.
James Titcombe The outcomes of Ockenden investigation could be the same in many OU’s nationwide. The system is broken, THAT is why babies and mother’s and families have come to harm. Those midwives standing up for normal birth will not be silenced on this.
James Titcombe Are we not to follow the science? The evidence? Rigorous research has repeatedly shown how to improve outcomes for mothers and babies. We must ask ourselves, why are we not following it? We are creating more fear and dread for women instead of providing CoC
Make nursing and midwifery education free and provide a bursary to meet living exp - Sign the Petition! chng.it/mBvvzTbn via Change.org UK Please sign this petition. As a single parent back in the 80s, I too could never have afforded to pay for my RGN and RM training.
If you believe Beverley Beech should be recognised for her Life time’s work campaigning for better births for women, please either write to: The Private Secretary to King Charles, Buckingham Palace London SW1 1AA or email: [email protected] This is urgent
I just signed the petition demanding that Kemi Badenoch refuses to break our environmental commitments in exchange for cheap #PalmOil - putting orangutans, elephants & rhinos at risk. Will you join me? 38d.gs/gpyq
I just signed the petition demanding Liz Truss is denied a resignation honours list. 49 days in office should not justify her getting to promote her friends to a lifetime seat in the Lords. Will you sign too? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/liz-… via 38 Degrees