Ali Brindle Octavia Wiseman Bolton NHS Foundation Trust Catherine Owens Trudy Delves I can’t wait to see this rolled out Ali😊

Thanks to the midwifery teams across Manchester Integrated Care Partnership who did their #PregnancyCircles facilitator training yesterday. Lots of ideas for implementation! An thanks to my colleague Sid who kept the show on the road as my train negotiated landslips! REACHpregnancy School of Health & Medical (Clerkenwell)

Octavia Wiseman Manchester Integrated Care Partnership REACHpregnancy School of Health & Medical (Clerkenwell) Don’t forget the share link to open access ThePractisingMidwife journal Octavia! all4maternity.com/practising-mid…

68% of the women whose care was reviewed had either not booked their pregnancy with the maternity care system or booked late into their pregnancy.

59% of the women whose baby died received documented bereavement care in the community.

This is so important: we have to improve the care we provide to women with limited English proficiency. What helps?

We especially need to look at models and approaches which work for women with limited English proficiency #LEP - our small contribution looked at their experiences of group antenatal care pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39342907/ #PregnancyCircles REACHpregnancy Centre for Maternal & Child Health Research

Work in maternity services? Read this thread. It is so important to acknowledge the reality about how poor our care currently is for women with limited English. Thanks to all those working so hard to address this. NICE guidelines are a good start: nice.org.uk/guidance/cg110…

Let's learn from the wonderful 25% where parents praise care-givers despite terrible outcomes.

Dr Ruth Ann Harpur Gold standard evidence shows that these units have optimal clinical outcomes - same neonatal and improved maternal outcomes as well as more positive experiences for patients and staff.

The Taliban's ban on midwifery education endangers Afghan women & babies. Advocacy is crucial to sustain midwifery training in this critical moment. Learn more: zurl.co/ejhxj

There is some great stuff in here!

Happy New Year! Good news - the 24th International Labour and Birth conference is now open for bookings: International Labour and Birth Research Conference | University of Central Lancashire Online Store The conference is on 15th-17th September 2025 in Lancashire, UK

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We’re delighted to offer a Maternal Journal online training session on 25th February, 10am -1pm We offer a certificate for CPD if requested. Book via MJ.Eventbrite.com £17.50 per person plus Eventbrite charges

Really great opportunity to be involved in prioritising research in maternity services. Given the long standing under investment in maternity compared to other specialities this is a vital step to addressing this imbalance.

Why do you love working with students? We want to hear from Midwifery Practice Supervisors, Assessors and Lecturers in the UK. A short, anonymous, survey you can reply with your voice🎙️ app.voiceform.com/to/xpjAjo35gfo… #positivemidwiferyproject #midwifery