Jane

Would you be kind enough to share the details for this conference with any of your contact who may be interested or you think would be able to publicise it more for us.

Thanks
Debbie

CELEBRATING CONTINUITY
Rhetoric into Reality, Policy into Practice
A one-day conference in Leeds
Thursday 17th November 2016

Whether you are a woman expecting a baby, a Maternity Service Liaison Committee member, a commissioner or Chief Executive choosing and providing local services, a midwife or doctor giving care or managing services, or a student…

Whoever you are and whatever your role, Celebrating Continuity is not to be missed.Â Following the success of the London conference in April we are pleased to announce this follow on event in Leeds and hope that you will be able to join us to extend the discussion and achievements of the previous conference and take it forward into 2017.

Speakers include
Baroness Julia Cumberlege, Chair of the 2015 Maternity Review
Cate Langley, Head of Midwifery, Powys teaching Health Board
Lisa Common, Midwife and Doctoral Researcher, University of Nottingham
Georgina Craig, National Director, The Experience Led Commissioning Programme
Helen Shallow, Midwife and Doctoral Researcher, University of the West of Scotland
Beverley Beech, Chair, AIMS

Workshops
Workshops led by Kathryn Gutteridge, One to One Midwives, Georgina Craig, Mavis Kirkham, Ruth Weston and Cathy Brewster will focus on how to make change happen, commissioning, equipping midwives for caseload midwifery and women's voices.

The evidence, policy and demand for continuity of carer models has never been stronger in todayâ€™s fragmented and overburdened maternity services. However, the reality of having a midwife you know and trust can feel further away than ever. The opportunities to practice in this way are few and far between. Where they do happen they often start out in a burst of energy and hope, and then either fall at the first hurdle or are gradually eroded over time. This conference will explore what the barriers and challenges are to this way of working and most importantly how we can overcome them.

Together let's make history!!

http://celebratingcontinuity.org.uk/
https://www.facebook.com/events/1724358697829004/
https://twitter.com/Continuity2016
Tickets available from: http://buytickets.at/aims/64935

Organised by a collaboration of
Association for Improvements in the Maternity Services
Association of Radical Midwives
Neighbourhood Midwives
One to One Midwives
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust - Home of Serenity and Halcyon Birth Centres
Supported by the Royal College of Midwives and the Positive Birth Movement