Midwifery Matters Summer 2011 Issue 129
Content
Editorial
Welcome to the North West 2
Delivery by numbers 2
Articles
An alternative Tale of Two Cities ‘Bertha Sistant’ 3
Is Induction necessary for prolonged pregnancy? Michelle Beacock 6
Reflection on augmentation a student midwife 10
An open letter Suzanne Arms 13
Women need scrub midwives Nicola Pusey 15
The Story of Apple Dumplings Virginia Howes 19
Business
Forward planning 18
Spring National Meeting report 23
Steering Group report 24
Conference Reports
King’s Fund report on Staffing in Maternity Units 16
European Midwives Association 25
Community midwifery 26
Midwifery Today, Strasbourg 27
Commercial capabilities of the NHS 29
Nettalk
Misoprostol 30
News & Views
News roundup 32
Book review 33
Parents views – summary 34
What’s on
ARM gathering 28
ARM Conference 2