Reading “Closure”, Becky Reed and Nadine Edwards account of the sabotage of the Albany Midwifery Practice (AMP) by managers at Kings College Hospital enraged me, made me cry, and...
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Money Matters – the cost of living crisis and student debt
In June of this year, the National Union of Students carried out a survey of roughly 3,500 students into their financial situations, concerns and how they feel about the current...
Will Bill Kirkup March for Midwives?
I was surprised that the Sunday Times wasn’t full of the latest scandalous report into maternity services. Bill Kirkup’s report into East Kent showed a toxic culture that harms...
The Baby on the Fire Escape – A Review
From the captivating cover art, ‘Mother and Child’ by Alice Neel, to the community of ‘mothers and others’ in Julie Phillips acknowledgments at the end of the book, this text reverberates with honest reflections of artists as mothers, mothers as artists, that will resonate with anyone combining work and mothering.
This Is Going to Hurt – and it certainly does
Guest Post by Paula Cleary – I decided to watch ‘This is Going to Hurt’ on BBC iPlayer to try and see if there was anything I could find sympathetic about the protagonist. Unless you’ve witnessed birth from various angles you might be forgiven for thinking “This is going to hurt” is an accurate representation of normality. And that’s because it IS. One kind of reality, anyway.
Why Mandating Vaccines is Wrong for Midwives and Everyone
Do vaccine mandates breach the NMC Code?Saturday 22nd January 2022 saw large demonstrations of NHS staff and supporters, including midwives, through London and many towns and...