@Zoe_Var

Midwifery Lecturer @CityUniHealth |PMA| phdc| cohost @PhDMidwives|🗣4👥birthrights&👥centred care.❤️physiology of birth|#outofguidance births| MLUs🇬🇷🇬🇧🇪🇺

 London, England
Joined January 2013
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A heartfelt THANK YOU 2 everyone who has completed the survey! Your support means a lot. But we're not done yet! We still need your help to reach more people. Please keep spreading the word &make a difference 2gether! 📢✨
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Delighted to be presenting at the @MidwivesRCM Education & Research Conference about the integration of #PMA in midwifery curricula! @CityStGeorges @City_CMCHR
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Midwives save lives,even in crisis. They advocate for communities, protect families’ health, & ensure care for women & newborns. It’s time to fully recognise our role, include us in every step, & equip them to lead. #IDM2025 #MidwivesInCrisis #AgentsofChange #MidwifeLedCare
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The practice supervisor’s role is to support and supervise students in the practice learning environment so they can deliver good quality care. Our SSSA set out expectations for the learning, support and supervision of students nmc.org.uk/student-supervisi…
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A review of practice learning requirements for nursing and midwifery students has revealed highly varied practice learning experiences and supervision, and calls for action to ensure high quality education: nmc.org.uk/news/news-and-upd…
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🚨 ICM Statement on Obstetric Violence Launched on Day 1 of the #16DaysOfActivism, it calls for urgent action to ensure all women receive respectful, violence-free care. 📖 READ OUR STATEMENT: internationalmidwives.org/re…
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After a lot of work, the new website & logo now launched. Thank you @FNightingaleF #INMA #diaspora #midwives
The HBMA@hbma_eumidwives23 Nov 2024
We are thrilled to share some exciting news, the launch of HBMA’s newly updated professional website and refreshed logo! ✨ Explore our refreshed look and enhanced features at hbma-eu.org . Thank you everyone for the dedication and hard work!!
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Replying to @CleanBrk
@CleanBrk ‘s incredible play, will shine a light on the experiences of women navigating pregnancy & separation from their babies in prison. @Lost_Mothers @UniofHerts @UH_HSK @ESRC @CRIPACC1 @UHertsResearch @ARC_EoE @NuffieldFJO @BritSocCrim @MidwivesRCM @RCObsGyn @JamesTCobbler
Clean Break@CleanBrk13 Nov 2024
Scenes from Lost Mothers, new play from Clean Break & @UniofHerts Based on @Lost_Mothers research project, led by @midwifeteacher w/ Birth Companions, the play explores women's experiences of navigating pregnancy & separation from their babies in prison. bit.ly/CBLostMothers
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So many contributed to this report on safe quality #midwifery in Northern Ireland: huge thanks to all @jennyamcneill @RcmNi @BirthWiseNI @RachelRowe3 @verena_salone @sandersj3 @healthdpt @DrCGale @MattisonPhD @drtraceyc plus community groups, students +++ health-ni.gov.uk/publication…
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MBRRACE UK@mbrrace9 Oct 2024
275 women died in the UK during pregnancy or up to six weeks after the end of pregnancy in 2020-2022 from causes related to or exacerbated by pregnancy among 2,028,543 women giving birth, a maternal mortality rate of 13.56 per 100,000 buff.ly/2HR30eT
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MBRRACE UK@mbrrace9 Oct 2024
The latest MBRRACE-UK Saving Lives, Improving Mothers’ Care report on women who died during or up to a year after pregnancy between 2020 and 2022 released today. Read more:buff.ly/2HR30eT @marianfknight @npeu_oxford @oxford_ndph
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It's helpful to stay hopeful, especially in difficult times🌈 Join #OptimisticOctober and find ways to make things better and take positive steps forward actionforhappiness.org/optim…
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Replying to @gra_milne12 @OLOLMat_Unit
Wonderful work Grainne and team! Have you seen the POOL study results? cardiff.ac.uk/centre-for-tri…

POOL

The POOL study aims to establish the safety of waterbirth for mothers and babies, and is a cohort study with a nested qualitative component.

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We reflect on findings from our national maternity inspection programme related to leadership and culture. This short film covers what we found and examples we saw of good practice in this area. orlo.uk/p4Ld1 #MaternityReport

Leadership and culture in NHS maternity services

We reflect on findings from our national maternity inspection progr...

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Important new research with big implications for understanding babies' #microbiomes & the role of #breastmilk in their development. Congrats @LawleyLab, @yan__shao & team! 👏🏻 nature.com/articles/s41564-0…

Primary succession of Bifidobacteria drives pathogen resistance in neonatal microbiota assembly

Nature Microbiology - Primary colonization by microbial communities dominated by Bifidobacteria contribute to stable gut microbiota assembly and long-term pathogen resistance in neonates.

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Jo Dagustun@GibbleJo6 Sep 2024
Interesting to see the use of the term 'shared decision making' in a consultation document today. Here's why I think it needs to go. "Improving healthcare: is it time to ditch the terminology of ‘shared decision making’? – National Voices" nationalvoices.org.uk/blogpo…

Improving healthcare: is it time to ditch the terminology of ‘shared decision making’?

Decisions in healthcare are for the healthcare recipient to make, excepting limited scenarios set out in law. Yet most UK healthcare-related bodies persist in discussing service user decision making...

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We’re getting ready for our #EastLondon #Health #Literacy #Research #Course for non-English speaking #pregnant #women starting soon! We’ve refined our lesson plans with insights from Southend & are busy printing materials & recruiting women to take part. Exciting times ahead as we empower with vital health knowledge! #PregnancyHealthLiteracy #️⃣ #HealthLiteracy📚 #Pregnancy🤰 #WomensHealth🌍 #CommunityLed🤝 #KatiesTeam💪 #EllyCharity #weareElly🌟
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FREE webinar Sep 12 to engage with newly published analysis of evidence on MCoC implementation, including gaps in the knowledge and suggestions for planning the implementation of this model of maternity care. Exciting! eventbrite.co.uk/e/implement…
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The #mirogstudyuk is still open for participation until 31st of August and the inbox will be monitored 🙏🏾Share the survey link to your Networks 👉🏼app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk…
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@sheena_byrom @RM_ShellyJ @ihpch @khazaezadeh @SandallJane @ProfMcCourt @HelenMainwaring @PhDMidwives @drtraceyc @Yanarichens @midwifeteacher @MidwifeSierra @midwife_cw @MidwivesRCM @royalberksmnvp @RCOGNTC @susannacrowe @DrFeeleyRM @NHSEngland @nmcnews
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