Dear Robyn
As Nicky says, Maggie Davies Consultant Midwife in Swansea, Wales UK has developed an evidence based ‘carebundle’ whereby midwives provide women in the latent phase of labour with structured one to one support. The results to date seem very promising and the carebundle has received positive feedback from women and midwives. I work closely with Maggie and we are currently exploring possible funding sources to evaluate this work.
I’m sure Maggie would be delighted if you contacted her off list. Her email address is [log in to unmask]
Best wishes
Billie
Billie Hunter
Professor of Midwifery
College of Human and Health Sciences
Floor 2, Vivian Tower, Coleg y Gwyddorau Dynol ac Iechyd
Swansea University Prifysgol Abertawe
Singleton Park Parc Singleton
Swansea Abertawe
SA2 8PP SA2 8PP
Tel: +44 (0)1792 518584
Fax: +44 (0) 1792 295643
http://www.swan.ac.uk/staff/academic/humanandhealthsciences/hunterb
From: A forum for discussion on midwifery and reproductive health research. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Nicky Mason
Sent: 12 May 2011 08:07
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Subject: Re: Mangement and Care of Latent Labour
Maggie Davies, a consultant midwife in Swansea won a RCM award for developing a latent phase care bundle.
She might be a good contact for you. Here is a link to information about it on their webpage: http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/863/news/14290
Best wishes
Nicky
Nicky Mason
Midwife Consultant
NHS Institute Solutions Maternity Team
Focus on: Optimising opportunities for normal birth and reducing intervention rates.
NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement
Coventry House
University of Warwick Campus
Coventry
CV4 7AL
07775 848509
From: A forum for discussion on midwifery and reproductive health research. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Robyn Maude [CCDHB]
Sent: 12 May 2011 01:31
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Subject: Mangement and Care of Latent Labour
Hi All
I am trying to develop a guideline for the care and management of women during latent labour and seek input from anyone who has a current guideline of knows of any research/literature around this issue.
I am coming at this from the perspective of women booked to birth in hospital and who may or may not have a known, named midwife providing continuity of care
There are a couple of aspects I am particularly interested in:
For both of these groups of women, what type of fetal and maternal observations are required/recommended/actually practised?
For the women who choose to stay in hospital (for whatever reason), what level of care or fetal/maternal observation do you provide? i.e. do they get a midwife allocated to them, do they have observations at a set time, do they have fetal heart monitoring - if so, what and when, do they go to another ward/area in the maternity unit, if so, what observation and midwifery care do they receive.
I have seen the NICE IPC guideline, but would be interested to see other guidelines, especially from maternity units.
Please feel free to pass this request onto other lists as appropriate
cheers,
Robyn Maude
Associate Director of Midwifery - Mondays, Tuesdays and alternate Wednesdays
Capital and Coast DHB, Private Bag 7902, Wellington South, New Zealand
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