The Maternity & Midwifery Hour

Episode 2 of Series 3 of the Maternity and Midwifery Hour:  Highlights from the London Maternity & Midwifery online Festival 2021 (13.01.21)

Catch up on Wednesday's London Festival highlights and learn more about the hepatitis B antenatal screening and selective neonatal immunisation quality improvement project: improving the quality of care of women with hepatitis B in pregnancy and their babies and hear the very first presentation of 2021 from Professor Jacqueline Dunkley-Bent OBE, Chief Midwifery Officer, NHS England.

Hosted by:

Sue Macdonald, Chair and Curator Midwifery Festival Conferences & Maternity and Midwifery Hour

Throughout 2020, maternity services were the one big health service that kept going, despite COVID-19.  

Back in March, we launched the Maternity and Midwifery Hour, with a new episode every Wednesday, to provide midwives, student midwives and others in maternity care with an important update and connection every single week.  

Each week we covered a wide range of topics - from COVID-19 to Sickle Cell, from Racial Disparity to Restoring Home births - with the podcast released each Friday.  

In the first episode of Series 3, 7 pm, Wednesday 6 January, we’ll hear from maternity leaders who will not only look back at some of the challenges of 2020 but will also share their thoughts, ambitions and resolutions for maternity and midwifery services for the coming year.  

As we start 2021, we would like to say a huge thank you to healthcare professionals for all that you have done in unprecedented times, working together to support women, babies and their families through the Covid-19 challenges. Thank you also to colleagues in education: teachers/lecturers who carried on adapting their materials and learning opportunities for students, supporting their students through challenging times and for those students who stepped up into practice. We are so proud of our role in supporting you to do that.  

With contributions from: 

Chaired by Sue Macdonald.

Watch the full live stream: www.facebook.com/midwiferyforum/live 

Top 10 Maternity & Midwifery Hour episodes of 2020: https://www.maternityandmidwifery.co.uk/top-10-maternity-midwifery-hour-episodes-of-2020/3964/

Supported by MATFLIX: www.matflix.co.uk

Reverse mentoring is when a worker in senior position is mentored by someone in a more junior position than themselves. There is emerging evidence that this innovative form of mentoring can be effective in promoting individual anti-discriminatory practice, organisational culture change in gender and race equality (Murphy 2012; Clutterbuck 2011) and can contribute to organisational diversity and inclusion. There is little specific guidance on how to do it, little research on its impact, and little theoretical underpinning of the mechanism for change.

Since July, Jim Thornton (Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology) has been receiving reverse mentoring from Rebecca Dewey (Research Fellow and Early Career Researcher) in an exciting pilot scheme at the University of Nottingham. In this back-to-back Midwifery Hour, both Rebecca and Jim will explain the process and give their viewpoints on what can be gained from reverse mentoring.

Episode 12 of Series 2 of the Maternity and Midwifery Hour

Hosted by:

Sue Macdonald, Chair and Curator Midwifery Festival Conferences & Maternity and Midwifery Hour

With contributions from:

Professor Jim Thornton, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, University of Nottingham School of Medicine

Dr Rebecca Dewey, Research Fellow in Neuroimaging, University of Nottingham School of Medicine

Find the full episode: https://facebook.com/midwiferyforum/live

Supported by MATFLIX: www.matflix.co.uk

Long COVID is estimated to be affecting 60,000 people so far.

Specialist, long COVID clinics are being set up across England.

Maternity and midwifery professionals need to look for indicators in mothers, babies and HCP staff.

Explore what we know about long COVID, what is being researched – its impact on pregnant women and babies and maternity services plus healthcare professionals themselves.

Hear from Dr Clare Raynor, Specialist in Occupational Medicine and Elaine Hanzak, author on perinatal mental health and overcoming challenges, to find out more about long COVID, its implications for mothers, babies, midwives and recovery.

Episode 11 of Series 2 of the Maternity and Midwifery Hour

Featuring:

Clare Rayner, Occupational Health Specialist

Elaine Hanzak, author on perinatal mental illness, mental health and overcoming challenges

Hosted by Sue Macdonald, Chair and Curator Midwifery Festival Conferences & Maternity and Midwifery Hour

Watch the full episode: www.facebook.com/midwiferyforum/live

Supported by MATFLIX: www.matflix.co.uk

Over consumption, over reliance on plastic, single use and disposable items are all damaging the planet at a far greater pace than previously understood.

The Covid-19 pandemic, with millions of discarded masks and gloves now finding their way into the ocean, also looks set to have a major impact on the environment.

A must for all healthcare professionals who would like recommendations on how to live more sustainably, this episode will explore midwives’ views of sustainability and offer practical tips on what we can all do to reduce climate change and waste in both the workplace and at home.

Episode 10 of Series 2 of the Maternity & Midwifery Hour

Presented by:

Sue Macdonald, Co-editor, Mayes Midwifery; Curator and Chair, Maternity and Midwifery Festivals

With contributors:

Dr Lorna Davies, Academic Manager and Associate Head of Midwifery, Ara Institute of Canterbury, New Zealand

Ashley Artusa-Barrell, Founder and campaigner, My Son's Planet

Watch the full episode: www.facebook.com/midwiferyforum/live

Supported by MATFLIX: www.matflix.co.uk

Keynote address

Clare Haughey MSP, Minister for Mental Health, Scottish Government

Contemporary postnatal care 

Professor Helen Cheyne, Professor of Maternal and Child Health Research & RCM (Scotland) Professor of Midwifery Research, University of Stirling

From the Scotland Maternity & Midwifery Festival on Wednesday 25th November 2020.  Introduced by Sue Macdonald. 

This episode will focus on the demands and pressures COVID-19 has placed on midwifery education, spotlighting, in particular, inequalities, institutional racism and unconscious bias, and how we can work together as allies to ensure midwifery education and practice is fit for purpose.

Sue Macdonald, Co-editor, Mayes Midwifery; Curator and Chair, Maternity and Midwifery Festivals

WATCH THIS EPISODE:  www.facebook.com/midwiferyforum/live

Supported by MATFLIX: www.matflix.co.uk

This episode explores antenatal and newborn testing, care & family support for birthing woman with sickle cell and other haemaglobinopathies during pregnancy, in particular ethnic groups who are most at risk.    

Joyce Adu-Amankwah, Specialist Haemoglobinopathies Midwife, and Consultant Haematologist Rachel Kesse-Adu, will speak about the challenges presented during COVID-19 when providing contemporary care, including an overview of the biological and pathophysiological background of Haemoglobinopathies.   The midwifery aspects of supporting women and families, including client centred care to pregnant and childbearing women with Haemoglobinopathies will be highlighted.   

Episode 8 of Series 2 of the Maternity and Midwifery Hour   

Presented by: 

Dr Jenny Hall, Editor, MATFLIX  

With contributors: 

Rachel Kesse-Adu, Consultant Haematologist, Guy’s ant St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust 

Joyce Adu-Amankwah, Specialist Haemoglobinopathies Midwife, St. George’s Hospital NHS Trust  

WATCH THIS EPISODE:  www.facebook.com/midwiferyforum/live  

Supported by MATFLIX: www.matflix.co.uk

5 minute guided meditation with Dr Maeve O'Connell.

In this session our guest speakers will share some strategies and approaches that everyone can use to enhance personal well-being and answer your questions.

Episode 7 of Series 2 of the Maternity and Midwifery Hour

Presented by:

Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Educationalist; Co-editor, Mayes Midwifery

With contributors:

Jenny Clarke, @JennyTheM

Dr Maeve O’Connell, Senior Lecturer, Cardiff University, @thelovelymaeve

Watch the full episode: www.facebook.com/midwiferyforum/live

Supported by MATFLIX: www.matflix.co.uk

As we head into winter and further lockdowns and restrictions across the UK and globally, it’s more important than ever that midwives recognise the warning signs and have the techniques to take care of both themselves and the families in their care.

In this session our guest speakers will share some strategies and approaches that everyone can use to enhance personal well-being and answer your questions.

Episode 7 of Series 2 of the Maternity and Midwifery Hour

Presented by:

With contributors:

Jenny Clarke, @JennyTheM

Watch the full episode: www.facebook.com/midwiferyforum/live