National Conference on Current Issues in Midwifery 2013

11th National Current Issues in Midwifery Conference will bring together leading experts in the field to discuss the latest issues surrounding contemporary midwifery practice.

It is anticipated that participants will:

• Have a greater understanding of the issues surrounding contemporary midwifery practice

• Be more aware of outcomes in antenatal public health including the midwife’s role in antenatal screening

• Debate whether all women admitted to a birth centre should have CTG monitoring

• Hear about contemporary thinking relating to normal birth, risk assessment in birth and postpartum haemorrhage

• Explore the midwife’s role in the detection and management of female genital mutilation and postnatal depression

Who should attend?

• Clinical midwives

• Midwifery managers

• Student midwives

• Professors of midwifery

• Consultant midwives

• Supervisors of midwives

• Heads of midwifery

• Lecturers, senior lecturers and principal lecturers in midwifery

• Professionals working within reproductive health, including sociologists, psychologists and research associates