National Midwifery Conference #IDM2022

We celebrated International Day of the Midwife 2022 by presenting at the National Midwifery Conference in Dublin. We were delighted to discuss ‘Building a Community of Practice’ alongside a variety of speakers. This included a fantastic keynote address from Prof. Fran McConville, Midwifery Advisor WHO. It was also a wonderful opportunity to meet some of…

Seminar with Dr. Elizabeth Newnham

Dr. Elizabeth Newnham, Senior lecturer and Program Convenor Midwifery at the University of Newcastle, Australia will give an online Seminar on ‘Evidence based practice to support physiological labour; and birth’. This will take place during our Network Meeting on Wednesday 13th April which begins at 10am via Microsoft Teams. Current members will receive an MS Teams invite. Dr. Elizabeth Newnham is a senior lecturer…

Seminar with Dr Lucia Rocca-Ihenacho

Dr Lucia Rocca-Ihenacho, the CEO and co-founder of the Midwifery Unit Network will give an online seminar on ‘The Importance of Developing an All-Ireland Midwifery Network/Community of Practice’. This will take place during our Inaugural Network Meeting on Thursday 3rd February which begins at 3pm via Microsoft Teams. The seminar itself will be between 3:15…

Inaugural Network Meeting

The inaugural Network Meeting will take place on Tuesday 3rd February at 3:00 – 4:30pm. It will be online via MS Teams. This first meeting will be a great opportunity to meet other members and to begin the process of leading and informing your own network. We look forward to seeing you there! Become a…

Inaugural Steering Group Meeting

The inaugural Steering Group Meeting took place on Tuesday 5th October, with members logging in from all over Ireland. This included representatives from: National Women’s and Infant’s Health Programme, HSE (IRE)   Chief Nursing Office Department of Health, (NI)  Chief Nursing Office, Department of Health (IRE)  Office of Nursing and Midwifery Services Director (ONMSD) (IRE)  Birthwise…