The Royal College of Midwives Annual Conference 2011
15 Nov 2011
Valuing Midwives: Improving Outcomes. To be held at the Brighton Centre
This annual conference and exhibition is the essential event for all concerned with maternity services. It brings together midwives, maternity team staff, managers, educators, commissioners and policy formers for discussion, learning and shared solutions. In changing times, it is a unique forum to debate the challenges for the midwifery profession.
This year's professional programme shared latest research, practice innovation and inspiration from the best in midwifery from the UK and beyond.
Seminars, masterclasses, interactive workshops, a large open exhibition and opportunities to network added to the continuing professional development experience.
Programme
Day 1 - 15 Nov 2011
09:15
Pre-conference interview 2Cathy Warwick General Secretary
Chair: Mary Caddell, Regional Officer Northern Ireland, The Royal College of Midwives
a. The RCM home birth audit
Mervi Jokinen, Practice and Standards Development Advisor, The Royal College of Midwives
Jane Munro, Quality and Audit Development Adviser, The Royal College of Midwives
b. Mothers Involved in Research Agenda Setting- the MIRAS Project – Implications for ‘normal birth’ agenda
Dr Christine McCourt, Professor of Maternal and Child Health, City University London
c. Homebirth for the hesitant?
Joanne Homer, Team Midwife, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Mary Stewart,National Lead Research Midwife, Birthplace in England Research Programme; Senior Lecturer in Midwifery/Consultant Midwife, King’s College London
Chair: Pat Gould, Team Manager England, The Royal College of Midwives
Dr Mary Stewart, National Lead Research Midwife, Birthplace in England Research Programme
Professor Debra Bick, Professor of Evidence Based Midwifery Practice, King’s College London
Anne Fox, Head of Corporate Communications, National Childbirth Trust
Debby Gould, Lead Midwife, North Central London Sector
Dr Judy Shakespeare,Royal College of General Practitioners' representative to the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists' Review of High Quality Women's Health Services
Commissioning and marketisation of maternity services
Masterclasses 5:Panel Debate: Is the future mutual?
Dr Ali Parsa, Group Chief Executive, Circle
Bob Ricketts CBE, Director of Provider Policy, Department of Health
Jon Skewes, Director of Employment Relations and Development, The Royal College of Midwives
Chair: Breedagh Hughes, Director RCM Northern Ireland
a. The new public health
Susan Biddle, Joint Head, Healthy Communities Programme, Local Government Group
b. The public health role of the midwife: a review of systematic review evidence
Dr Jenny McNeil, Lecturer in Midwifery Research, Queen's University Belfast
c. Engaging and supporting fathers to promote breastfeeding
Professor Valerie Hall, Professor of Midwifery, University of Brighton
Frances Day-Stirk, Director, Learning Research and Practice Development, International Office, The Royal College of Midwives; President, International Confederation of Midwives
@Off on the school run now ...:but this live session will be interesting - not necessarily the stream that make for the most captivating viewing, unfortunately ....
@Concerned mum:Re Birthplace mapping exercise: the one-off 2007 mapping exercise is all very well, but as Mary Stewart said, surely we need an ongoing mechanism to provide real-time info on this issue. Who should be given responsibility for doing this?
Also we surely need to question whether some of the so-called birth centres are really anything more than a couple of rooms at the end of the labour ward which have got new labels on the door !?
@ellie:As a twin mum to be I haven't been filled with much confidence by my midwives on this side of the fence. I wish some of the resources were accessible to me. With funding cut in our sure start centres for active birth I feel very alone. My confidence is low because all I hear is multiple pregnancies are high risk. I reach 24 weeks tomorrow and very frightened!