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HI Everyone, I would like to find out how home births are staffed around your country? Is there any law regarding the second midwife? Are you aware of any published work about the use of one or two midwives for a home birth? I am presently midwifery lecturer and I have been asked by the Primary Health Department of the Ministry of Health to look up any information regarding home births, so as to proceed with the documentation and the directives. Thank you in advance for your precious help. Looking forward to hearing from you. With regards, Victoria Dr Victoria Vivilaki RM PgCert MMedSc PhD Lecturer Midwifery Department TEI Athens, GREECE Skype: v_vivilaki Twitter: @v_vivilaki Mobile: 0030 6945159535 Land line: 0030 2109019112 Home Address: Passionos 44-46, Athens 11631, Greece >________________________________ > From: MIDWIFERY-RESEARCH automatic digest system <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Sent: Friday, 28 December 2012, 19:33 >Subject: MIDWIFERY-RESEARCH Digest - 27 Dec 2012 to 28 Dec 2012 - Special issue (#2012-239) > >There are 2 messages totaling 28392 lines in this issue. > >Topics in this special issue: > > 1. Midwifery Led Units (2) > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2012 01:01:11 +0000 >From: LUCIA ROCCA <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: Midwifery Led Units > >Hi, > >At the Barkantine (freestanding) Birth Centre in London we have 2 mws + 1 >MCA plus one mw on call. We aim for 600 birth/year. >The birth centre is now integrated with the community and we provide AN and >PN care to all the women in the area plus we cover for homebirth. This is >financially very positive as all the activities bring "money" in and cover >for the time when we don't reach our target of 50 birhts/month. This also >means that we have lots of staff in-and-out of the birth centre or doing >admin work in the office, which can help in case of unexpected events. > >The issue of the MCA is an important one as in our experience they are >super-important part of the team but historically we had huge inconsistency >in competency and skills. Some of our best MCA have moved on to train as >midwives... > >I hope this helps > >Best wishes > >Lucia > >2012/12/27 Pam <[log in to unmask]> > >> Hi, >> >> Shrewsbury hospital run 5 outlying midwife led units around the county of >> Shropshire. They also have one of the lowest caesarean section rates and >> advocate for vaginal breech births. A good friend of mine is in charge of >> the midwifery services her name is Maggie Kennerley. I am quite sure she >> would be more than willing to share any experience or managerial >> experience/insights in regards to staffing. >> >> Warm regards >> Pam Harnden >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On 27/12/2012, at 4:33 AM, Ebanks Sandra < >> [log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >> ** ** >> >> HI Everyone**** >> >> ** ** >> >> I am keen to find out how MLU are staffed around the country?**** >> >> I am presently the team leader of a alongside birthing unit. We offer >> three birthing rooms, one with a pool. We currently have two midwives on >> shift, and no midwifery support person.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Due to staff shortages across the maternity unit, it is proposed that it >> is OK for a midwife to provide care to a labouring women alone with only a >> midwifery support worker as support.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> If you could reply with how your alongside MLU are staffed?**** >> >> We currently have approximately 60 births a month with two midwives on >> each shift.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> I look forward to your response.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Best Wishes**** >> >> Sandra Ebanks RN RM SOM**** >> >> Team Leader for Willow Suite**** >> >> ** ** >> >> > > >-- >Lucia Rocca-Ihenacho >Senior Midwife and Research Fellow >Barts and the London NHS Trust > >School of Community and Health Sciences >Alexandra Building >Philpot Street >London E1 2EA > >07989 230313 > >------------------------------ > >Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2012 17:32:37 +0000 >From: "Sandall, Jane" <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: Midwifery Led Units > >Dear all >Attached is a report on support workers in maternity care commissioned by the Department of Health. It highlights the large variation in grade, scope, pay, training of the support workforce. >The second report was commissioned by the Kings fund and looks at the evidence base on maternity workforce staffing, skillmix and quality and safety of care. Again, highlights the potential of the support workforce, but also large variations in competencies and training. > > >Jane Sandall >Professor of Women's Health >Division of Women’s Health, King’s College London >Women’s Health Academic Centre King's Health Partners >10th Floor, North Wing, St. Thomas' Hospital, Westminster Bridge Road >London SE1 7EH >http://www.kcl.ac.uk/medicine/research/divisions/wh/index.aspx > >Tel: 020 7188 8149 >Fax: 020 7620 1227 >e-mail:[log in to unmask] >Skype: jsandall >http://www.kcl.ac.uk/campuslife/campuses/stthomas/StThomas.aspx > >PA [log in to unmask] >Tel: 020 7188 3639 >________________________________________ >From: A forum for discussion on midwifery and reproductive health research. [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Macfarlane, Alison [[log in to unmask]] >Sent: 27 December 2012 18:52 >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Midwifery Led Units > >There are many different job names and no common requirements to do the job. Jane Sandall, who runs this list can provide you with a reference to her report on the subject. > >Alison > >------------------------------ > >End of MIDWIFERY-RESEARCH Digest - 27 Dec 2012 to 28 Dec 2012 - Special issue (#2012-239) >***************************************************************************************** > > >