Clinical incident reporting at Birmingham Women's Foundation NHS Trust alerted supervisors of midwives (SOMs) to an increase in the numbers of reported babies born before arrival (BBA) of a midwife. A subsequent clinical audit surrounding BBA was undertaken that highlighted the importance of midwifery care and expertise in ensuring timely and optimal care for women and babies. Documentation about the sequence of events around the time of birth for women who had experienced a BBA was also considered to be in need of improvement. This article describes the background to the audit, methodology, and the main findings. It also provides evidence of SOMs maintaining the profile of supervision (Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) 2009; NMC, 2012a) ...
Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. In this paper, midwives' experiences of working with vulner...
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Background Women should be offered the choice of delivering at home, in midwife-led units (MLU) or o...
Objective While infrequent, unplanned births before arrival (BBAs) are clinically significant events...
In England, care proceedings refer to the process whereby the family court decides to remove a child...
Bernie Nipper, and Manjit Roseghini, 'Full-time supervisor of midwives: Is this the future of superv...
Midwifery emerged as a self-regulated profession in British Columbia in the context of a 2-year demo...
In England, care proceedings refer to the process whereby the family court decides to remove a child...
This article describes the implementation of group supervision at a large maternity unit in London a...
Each year, more than 500,000 women worldwide die from complications related to childbirth. With good...
This article draws on findings from a recent Cochrane systematic review of midwife-led care and disc...
In the wake of national maternity and neonatal reviews and other improvement initiatives, changes ar...
Maternity service provision in the UK includes midwife-led care for low-risk women, and the quality ...
Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. In this paper, midwives' experiences of working with vulner...
Objective: Traditionally two midwives attend home births in the UK. This paper explores the implemen...
The National Maternity and Perinatal Audit (NMPA) is a national audit of the NHS maternity services ...
Objective:the objective of the Birthplace in England Case Studies was to explore the organisational ...
Background Women should be offered the choice of delivering at home, in midwife-led units (MLU) or o...
Objective While infrequent, unplanned births before arrival (BBAs) are clinically significant events...
In England, care proceedings refer to the process whereby the family court decides to remove a child...
Bernie Nipper, and Manjit Roseghini, 'Full-time supervisor of midwives: Is this the future of superv...
Midwifery emerged as a self-regulated profession in British Columbia in the context of a 2-year demo...
In England, care proceedings refer to the process whereby the family court decides to remove a child...
This article describes the implementation of group supervision at a large maternity unit in London a...
Each year, more than 500,000 women worldwide die from complications related to childbirth. With good...
This article draws on findings from a recent Cochrane systematic review of midwife-led care and disc...
In the wake of national maternity and neonatal reviews and other improvement initiatives, changes ar...
Maternity service provision in the UK includes midwife-led care for low-risk women, and the quality ...
Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. In this paper, midwives' experiences of working with vulner...
Objective: Traditionally two midwives attend home births in the UK. This paper explores the implemen...
The National Maternity and Perinatal Audit (NMPA) is a national audit of the NHS maternity services ...