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Peer assessment has been used in teaching for many years, and the benefits to the student's learning when this method is used are well known (Ayres, 2015) The focus of this report is on the learning...
Informed decision-making enables women to make choices that reflect their own beliefs and preferences and is at the heart of provision of woman-centred care There is evidence that women want...
The use of unnecessary interventions in labour and birth continues to rise A rate of > 19% is seen as medically unnecessary by the World Health Organization (WHO) (Gibbons et al, 2010); in Europe,...
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has stipulated a series of rules, standards and guidelines to underpin and regulate midwifery practice in the UK (NMC, 2012; 2015) These guidelines set out the...
Earlier this year, Dr Amir Attaran (2016) demanded that the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games ‘be postponed, moved, or both as a precautionary concession’ against the spread of Zika virus (ZIKV) He...
More than 30 years ago, I began working in the NHS and became concerned that health professionals were ill-equipped to deal with women living with female genital mutilation (FGM). I researched what...
Men's health is an important public health issue (Baker et al, 2014) Over the past 3 decades, the issue of men's health has moved from the margins to the centre of health discourse (Richardson, 2013)...
Teenage mothers are a vulnerable group in maternity services, owing to factors including poor health and social exclusion (Department for Education and Skills, 2006) They often have poorer obstetric...
Clinical audit has been regarded as a valuable asset to examine existing practices with an aim to improve quality of health care in future (Johnston et al, 2000) Rising rates of caesarean section...
Ankyloglossia, or tongue tie, is a congenital abnormality characterised by a short frenulum, which may restrict tongue motility It is usually asymptomatic, but in some cases may cause problems during...
When I was pregnant with my second son, I decided that I would try my best to breastfeed Breast is best, after all—and who wouldn't want the best for their baby? I had been unsuccessful the first...
I remember reading about revalidation in Midwives magazine, the Royal College of Midwives' quarterly publication, and thinking: this isn't a million miles from what we already do
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