Maternity services not wanting to listen and gatekeeping the telling of service user experience: a tale from Sept2023: Jo Dagustun describes one shocking incident of censorship where she could only conclude that the Maternity Services don't want to listen aims.org.uk/journal/item/s…

This is terrifying. I don’t even blame the poor PA - it’s not her fault the system has allowed her to work in such a vulnerable position without sufficient training or insight to know what she doesn’t know. But we cannot tolerate this, for the sake of our patients.

What does the AIMS Campaigns Team do? See their activity report from the last Journal aims.org.uk/journal/item/c… and previous reports aims.org.uk/general/campai….
Look out for their autumn report in the next Journal.
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'Be so completely yourself that everyone else feels safe to be themselves too.'❤️

Delayed cord clamping significantly reduces the risk of neonatal death by hospital discharge and long delayed cord clamping of 120 s or longer is highly likely to be the best strategy. Umbilical cord management at preterm birth - The Lancet thelancet.com/journals/lance…

Absolutely brilliant visual about 'lines of communication' - Increasing complexity exasperated by fatigue British Intrapartum Care Society

Straw poll at workshop on safety culture ⁦British Intrapartum Care Society⁩ conference today. (Gasp of surprise in the room - but only at the one ‘yes’ response).

Looking forward to reading this tomorrow but also know it’s going to be heartbreaking and painfully familiar. Thank you to all those who contributed- let’s hope someone is listening #Saynotobullyinginmidwifery #midwifery #birth #NHS

According to the CQC, two thirds of maternity services in England DO NOT meet required safety standards. Read this short Board report to see what the NHS England team is saying they are doing. Is it enough?
england.nhs.uk/long-read/upda…

Come and see Carolyn Warrington (she/they) Jo Dagustun & myself at the aims.org.uk stand at British Intrapartum Care Society #BICS23 #maternity #safercare #allinthistogether

Resurrecting a lost obstetric skill to reduce global maternal death - Sabrina Das talks about why we do what we do in BMJ Global Health NIHR Research Andrew H Shennan OBE blogs.bmj.com/bmjgh/2023/02/…

Have an amazing day it’s an exciting milestone 👏

As this day comes around again, it's surely worth taking a moment to reflect on what progress is being made on the sorry issue of obstetric violence Francesca Treadaway @MaraMatria Patients Association British Intrapartum Care Society Angela Rayner 🌹 Green Party Women #ForWomenAndPlanet Maria Caulfield MP aims.org.uk #VAWG #16DaysOfActivism

🚨 BREAKING: Jeremy Hunt will be new Chancellor

Despicable. Medicine is NOT a vocation. It’s a career doctors work tirelessly at, to the detriment of their personal lives. Drs must stop being abused for their good nature. Great example of what NOT to say if you want drs to fill gaps on top of full time antisocial hrs 🙄

Amazing training session today on supporting physiology breech birth with Dr Shawn Walker - have to see if I’m allowed a day “day off” Cornwall holiday to come play 🤞

Ive had so many kind comments about my invisible cloak analogy regarding behaviour Maternity & Midwifery Forum North West event that I’ve made this drawing #Art of the cloak using my favourite flowers daisies , buttercups and lavender - inspired by ✨Sonia Sparkles✨🖤 ❤️

✨JennyTheM©✨💙ENFP-T #BirthLeadership #magicalbirtheverytime . I am trying. Every day 🍇

Now on a staggering 40 MILLION VIEWS! Despite an almost complete media blackout from UK News Channels working TOGETHER we have sent a powerful message. If it’s ruffling this many feathers now just imagine when it hits 50 million. Let’s keep going!

Self-soothing. Possibly the biggest lie ever foisted on parents wp.me/p2FsRQ-1Y via WordPress.com