Birthrate Plus® is widely used to guide safe staffing in maternity services - a lot has been written about it, but in what sense is it an 'evidence-based' method? In terms of traditional hierarchies of evidence, the evidence is weak. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

A ‘rising star’ over the head of Gill Moncrieff at #scotlandmmf23 as she updates on the REMAIN study, exploring why midwives leave & how to keep them! Great presentation, helpful & honest answers to Qs. Justine craig jaki lambert Prof Helen Cheyne

Thank you for the opportunity to speak about the midwifery workforce in universities. Safe and sustainable staffing is needed in all practice and education settings to ensure safe, evidence based care and retention of staff and students. #midwifestaffing

Greatly enjoyed presenting the findings of our evaluation of midwifery degree apprenticeships with Heather Bower at today's #midwifestaffing conference

Join our FREE 7 Dec webinar launching guide based on NIHR realist synthesis on new insights and strategies to tackle poor psychological ill-health in nurses, midwives and paramedics-open to all-link: tinyurl.com/care-under-pre… anne marie rafferty Prof Alison Leary 💙#ProtectNurse Prof Jane Ball (FRCN)💙 Prof Alison Richardson

Our recent studies have shown that low allied health professional staffing is associated with higher mortality doi.org/10.5258/SOTON/…, but overall there is very little research doi.org/10.1186/s12960…

#safestaffing We have the evidence. We don’t need to keep proving that not having enough RNs is dangerous. It’s time to act, to safeguard nursing for the benefit of all patients. youtu.be/snTnciZxLQU?si…

The first paper from my PhD is now available! 🎉 What factors do nurses consider as important when choosing their shift patterns? Take a look at our analysis of nurses' preferences for working time: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jo… Chiara Dall'Ora Peter Griffiths @ZEjebu

So sad and avoidable. Safe staffing needs to be prioritised bbc.co.uk/news/health-67…

Interested in developing your academic career in health workforce? Take a look at the posts currently being advertised Health Sciences, UoS University of Southampton - an opportunity to join one of the top teams in the UK (indeed the world) on the sunny South Coast jobs.ac.uk/enhanced/linki…

A final plea: if you are an RN/RMHN working in Mental Health - please tell us about your work life and views. We want to be able to tell employers & policy makers how things are, and what needs to change to make work lives better in this important sector. Closes on 28 Jan. 🙏

Just a reminder. Cutting massive swathes of the registered nurse & other skilled workforce is how catastrophes like Mid Staffs happen. Putting financial performance before safety is common but the consequences are devastating. #PatientSafety #ValueNursing rcpjournals.org/content/future…

Thank you to everyone who’s watched our latest Panorama and engaged in discussion about how maternity care can be improved. If you’ve not managed to watch it yet, it’s on the iPlayer. bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

NEW: Lower nurse staffing in A&E is associated with delays in patients receiving treatments and poor quality care - including an increase in leaving without being seen, delay in accessing treatments and medications, and cardiac arrest. ⁦@JdaDrennan⁩ sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Among 106,904 maternal admissions, understaffing by registered midwives was associated with an 11% increase in harmful incidents. doi.org/10.1186/s12913… latest from Lesley Turner NIHR Applied Research Collaboration Wessex CLOSED Health Sciences, UoS Health Sciences, UoS

We found evidence that lower than expected midwifery staffing levels is associated with more postpartum readmissions. Latest from NIHR Applied Research Collaboration Wessex CLOSED Health Sciences, UoS Peter Griffiths Prof Jane Ball (FRCN)💙 EllenKitson-Reynolds doi.org/10.1136/bmjope…

We are recruiting in our midwifery team jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?r… please get in touch for an informal chat, we would love to hear from you