As the first organisational report of the NMPA is published, Andrea Blotkamp and Tina Harris reveal the picture that has emerged. The NMPA is led by the RCOG in partnership with the RCM, the RCPCH and the London School ...

The National Maternity and Perinatal Audit (NMPA) is a national audit of the NHS maternity services across England, Scotland and Wales, commissioned in July 2016 by the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP). ...

Nurses are the largest professional group within hospitals. The lack of Nursing Job Motivation (NJM) has a negative effect on the health and safety of clients. There are issues in work disinterestedness and job dissatisfaction ...

As part of the University’s innovative Square Mile community engagement initiative (www.dmu.ac.uk/mile2), student midwives at De Montfort University were involved in creating a booklet for breast feeding mothers in the ...

A typology for categorising management of the third stage of labour Tina IreneHarris De Montfort University, Leicester, United Kingdom Background: Variation in the practice of midwives during the third stage of ...

This grounded theory study was devised to explore with midwives their experience of supporting women who have chosen to have a Lotus Birth (LB), in order to inform midwifery practice in the future when supporting women in ...

Organisational report 2017 - A snapshot of NHS maternity and neonatal services in England, Scotland and Wales in January 2017

This chapter describes the physiology of third stage of labour, differentiates between expectant and active management, explores the debate between expectant and active management and the implications for midwifery practice. ...