“We’ve known for at least 20 years that black women, Asian women, non-white women have much worse outcomes in maternity care...But we’re not moving the dial positively for those women and those babies.” Donna Ockenden FRSA, Hon DLitt talks to The BMJ about maternity care bmj.com/content/386/bm…

🇪🇸 Midwives' support for parents following stillbirth: How they practise & resources they need from a phenomenological perspective onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ja… María de los Ángeles Linares-Gallego, Jose Manuel Martínez-Linares, Isabel del Mar Moreno-Ávila & Jonathan Cortés-Martín

Experiences & impacts of psychological support following adverse neonatal experiences or perinatal loss: a qualitative analysis …pregnancychildbirth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11… Gill Lara McNally & Rebecca Nowland

"...grief responses to miscarriage and anxiety relating to subsequent pregnancies are also a historical reality, albeit one which is often obfuscated through terminology or relegated to private sources." (Jensz 2020) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

From Hazard to Blessing to Tragedy: Representations of Miscarriage in Twentieth-Century America (Leslie Reagan, 2003) jstor.org/stable/3178514

If you have completed the 1st round of the COSCAR Delphi survey, do not forget to complete the 2nd round! #caesareanscarectopic pregnancy 🔍Which outcomes should we prioritise in research? Help us develop a core outcome set. 📷 Survey open until September 30, 2024.

Virtual tickets for next week's BAPM Annual Conference close this Thursday. Register in advance if you want to join us online. Book your place here> bapm.org/events/bapm-an…

We are seeking your participation in the consultation on draft HSE Open Disclosure Policy 2024 (See attached information). The consultation closes on the 30th September, 2024. surveys.hse.ie/s/0Q0N5A/ #patientsafety Dr Maureen Flynn HSE QPS ⬇️

1 more sleep 🥳! Our webinar on How To Prepare An Abstract will take place this Wednesday the 4th of September at 18:00. Join us online for expert advice from consultant obstetricians Professor Amy O'Higgins and Dr Khadijah Ismail!

Find out what bereaved parents and health professionals in Scotland told us about their experiences of bereavement care. Their experiences are at the heart of our evaluation of the NBCP Project ➡️ sands.org.uk/NBCP-Scotland-… #BabyLoss #NBCPathway #NBCPScotland

We're still looking for four more families who have had a PMRT review or MNSI investigation for our MATREP study. This is identify how best we can use these approaches to improve maternity care. We would be grateful if people could contact us [email protected]

At the IFPA we champion sexual and reproductive health and rights. On this #WorldSexualHealthDay we celebrate the specialist doctors, midwives, nurses, counsellors and other healthcare providers globally who promote and support sexual health and rights every day. #SRHR

Ready for a day of all things scoping reviews Evidence Synthesis Ireland with the incredible Dr Danielle Pollock

A huge thank you to Dr Danielle Pollock coming all the way from Adelaide to deliver a brilliant Scoping Review workshop for ESI at Ollscoil na Gaillimhe | University of Galway today. Next stop GESummit! For info about future ESI workshops, go to evidencesynthesisireland.ie/training/

The impact of critical incidents on nurses & midwives: A systematic review onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111… Melanie Buhlmann, Beverley Ewens & Amineh Rashidi (2021)

Living with Loss is a new free online program for pregnancy & baby loss. Developed in collaboration with bereaved parents, healthcare professionals & support organisations, it offers six modules to help navigate grief in the short & longer-term. 👉 carearoundloss.stillbirthcre.org.au

📢 Announcement: RCPI Institute of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists Webinar 'Termination of Pregnancy' will take place on 2 October. This webinar will explore the legal and clinical challenges relating to termination of pregnancy in Ireland. Book here 👉 eur.cvent.me/3vPYR

Clinical language used after pregnancy loss adds to trauma, researchers warn pulsetoday.co.uk/news/clinical-… Dr Beth Malory (she/her) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇮🇪 PulseToday

Next week the 2024 Pediatric Pathology Society/Soc. Pediatric Path. Joint Meeting comes to Dublin - looking forward to attending & sharing some of our work More information about our research in #PerinatalPathology: ucc.ie/en/pregnancylo… #SPPfall2024