Clinical midwife, researcher and midwifery lecturer based in London, Italian origins, passionate about childbirth, implementation research and planet earth π
Joined February 2017
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21 Jun 2024
What is it about community-based perinatal mental health peer support that works, for whom, in what circumstances, in what respects, and why?Β @City_CMCHR
welcomes Jenny McLeishΒ for a seminar on Monday 24 June sign up city.ac.uk/news-and-events/eβ¦
@ProfMcCourt @DrSusanAyers @EKOlander
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11 Jun 2024
The POOL cohort study of UK NHS waterbirths is published. Large scale evidence that rates of OASI and serious neonatal morbidity are no higher among waterbirths after water immersion analgesia. Thank you to all participants, the 26 UK sites, and study team obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.coβ¦
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Watch Professor Christine McCourt, @City_CMCHR, discuss the current situation in NHS maternity services and the importance of continuity of care and communication on @BBCNewsnight (from 37:18) bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0β¦
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27 Nov 2023
More OptiBreech site team members FREE spaces added for the Physiological Breech Birth study day with Emma Spillane at Kingston Hospital on 19th December. Paid tickets available for midwives, obstetricians and paramedics too! eventbrite.com/e/physiologicβ¦
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27 Nov 2023
Join us today 12.30-13.30 for a @City_CMCHR seminar to hear about
Independent evaluation of the implementation of Midwifery Continuity of Carer in EnglandΒ with @ProfMcCourt and @EKOlander city.ac.uk/news-and-events/eβ¦
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17 Nov 2023
Join us on Monday 12.30-13.30 for hybrid seminar @City_CMCHR to hear about CHERISH Project: Learning about the participatory methods the hard way. Sign up here city.ac.uk/news-and-events/e⦠@1scamell @ProfMcCourt @CityUniHealth
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29 Aug 2023
Opportunity to do a PhD with me and @RebeccaWebb1991 and the @INTERSECTstudy. Deadline 17 September π city.ac.uk/prospective-studeβ¦
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29 Jul 2023
Pregnant prisoners are failed by the system well before they enter - the main driver to be incarcerated is poverty
Read our report -
Why are pregnant women in prison? ππΎbit.ly/3rmWe6B
@we_level_up @Brthcompanions @NoPrisonBirths @WIP_live
28 Jul 2023
18 year old pregnant young prisoner ignored by prison staff when she went into labour. Gave birth alone had to bite through the umbilical cord to cut it. theguardian.com/society/2023β¦
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21 Jul 2023
π’Calling all midwives and obstetricians - we need your help. Please complete this survey on #birthtrauma to help increase awareness and develop a scale for use in research and practice cityunilondon.eu.qualtrics.cβ¦
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12 Jun 2023
The wonderful Dr Jalana Lazar presenting @REACHpregnancy #PregnancyCircles poster at the ICM in Bali with co-author Penny Haora #ICM2023. Looking at the mechanisms of group care and how these may work for women who need interpreters. @GroupCare1000 @GroupCareGlobal @City_CMCHR
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6 Jun 2023
Today is International Home Birth Day. Not because everyone should or wants to have a home birth, but because every person should have the right to choose the type of care they will have as they do the hard work of bringing a baby into the world.
Itβs International Homebirth Day! π
On this International Homebirth Day, let us advocate for the recognition and integration of homebirth into comprehensive maternity care systems.
Read the ICM position statement about Homebirth ππΌ ow.ly/vJMu50OCsXM
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We hope you all had a lovely #IDM2023! π
A big thank you to @DrNighatArif, Dr Kathryn Gutteridge (@Sanctummid) and the @City_CMCHR team for inspiring our students, staff and midwives today at @CityUniLondon!
Such an honour to be invited by @citymidsoc @CityUniLondon
for #InternationalDayOfMidwife conference and share how maternity care is managed in Primary care & how to support maternity care in ethnic minority communities
The future is bright for midwifery care in the UK π
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5 May 2023
Wonderful day of IDM celebrations with students and midwives at City! @City_CMCHR @CityUniHealth
Such an honour to be invited by @citymidsoc @CityUniLondon
for #InternationalDayOfMidwife conference and share how maternity care is managed in Primary care & how to support maternity care in ethnic minority communities
The future is bright for midwifery care in the UK π
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Such an honour to be invited by @citymidsoc @CityUniLondon
for #InternationalDayOfMidwife conference and share how maternity care is managed in Primary care & how to support maternity care in ethnic minority communities
The future is bright for midwifery care in the UK π
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Beyond excited to be a keynote speaker @CityUniLondon on #InternationalDayoftheMidwife
I have a very excited presentation planned π
#NHSGP #TeamGP #midwives
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Join us as we hear from midwives with experiences facilitating group care in the US, the UK and Brazil.
Free and open to all, please register here: city.ac.uk/.../the-circle-waβ¦
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NEW CALL OPEN: SHPS DOCTORAL STUDENTSHIPS
The School is offering four PhD studentships for applicants to commence studies from October 2023. These four studentships are funded by the School itself.
Closing application date: Tues 16 May 2023
Apply: city.ac.uk/prospective-studeβ¦
ALT School of Health & Psychological Sciences trainee nurses in a training ward on campus- example image branded with the School of Health & Psychological Sciences logo.
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3 Apr 2023
Are you a midwife who may want to move trusts to be part of Breech teams? Some midwives may want opportunity to move into more specialist roles or particulary interested in this type of complex normality births? For more info see here:
qualtrics.kcl.ac.uk/jfe/formβ¦
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3 Apr 2023
The @optibreech research team are keen to hear from midwives who want to work in this way -- receiving extra training to provide women with the support they need, when they need it. Well done @MWMairi
On a high after helping to facilitate a vaginal breech. Delighted for my woman, who stuck with her gut and made a fully informed choice. #NewlyQualifiedMidwife
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26 Mar 2023
Interested in health visiting and/or implementation science? This PhD project could be for you! Come and evaluate the implementation of parenting circles, postnatal care delivered in a group format. city.ac.uk/prospective-stude⦠Deadline 14 April, happy to speak to anyone interested.
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