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@Keir_Starmer Good Luck tomorrow @Keir_Starmer I will be cheering on your success taking your post at No 10.

Tomorrow is your chance to vote for change with Labour.

@SophieDRussell Many Congratulations Sophie, what a huge achievement to add to your list of successes!

I am hugely honoured to be elected the president of the RCM. I am looking forward to representing all members and seeing firsthand the innovation and research in maternity services, that will continue to drive safe, equitable and personalised care.

@MadwifeKaye @STSFTrust Dear Kaye I hope she gets better soon, just being there and holding her hand it is medicine for her x

@vol_uh_tile I have been where you are and it is the most difficult decision one can possibly make. When it happens it brings a moment of peace and relief, you get a chance to understand what happened and then gradually you will have to deal with the loss but not with the decision Take heart

@KirstieMAllsopp @LauraSco88 @JamesTitcombe @NCTcharity The best birth plan is not to write one! Noone can plan birth and in my experience the best laid plans lead to disaster or emergencies

@LauraSco88 @JamesTitcombe @NCTcharity How long ago was this Laura?

⁦@JamesTitcombe⁩ a page from the ⁦@NCTcharity⁩ website. Will this bollocks ever end?

@Timancorm Congratulations Tracy, and you served the NHS right!

After 33 years in the NHS, I leave today as a proud midwife . I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who shaped my NHS journey and I look forward to working with you all in my new capacity as the Assistant Director for Midwifery at the NMC .

@DOckendenLtd @DOckendenLtd I am happy to have a chat this year is mission impossible delivering most of the recommendations as the ICB banks are empty and we are left with millions of pounds in deficit that we need to deliver as CIPS the new financial year.

3/ 🧵What will I be asking ❓Families: How can we ensure M & N voices are truly representative of local populations: what do local services need to do? For Directors of Midwifery: can you release midwives & others to do the training already required? Can you release ⬆️midwives?

2/🧵More on the budget! 💷money for 160 new midwife posts across England: 💷for all Trusts to fund Maternity & Neonatal Voices partnerships Thank you! I will be talking to families & staff ‘on the ground’ including those in leadership roles in the next week (I always do!) ❓🙋‍♀️❓

@BBCPanorama In that year, have the producers also tried to speak to the Trust leads rather than trying to get midwives to whistlblow to create sensationalism? Have you considered the medical staffing problems are also part of the problem, midwives don't work in cilo.

Midwives are often reluctant to speak out, but #BBCPanorama has been talking to former and current maternity staff at Gloucestershire Hospital NHS Trust for more than a year They say the situation is "desperate" bbc.co.uk/news/uk-680943…

@BBCPanorama @BBCOne @BBCiPlayer 3/ Second, is the lack of funding for maternity services. Maternity leads have a hard task at hand in securing funding to increase staffing levels, training, equipment and safe IT systems. Stop midwife bashing and deal with the real issues

Midwives under Pressure is on @BBCOne and @BBCiPlayer now #BBCPanorama  bbc.in/3u2JZS9

@BBCPanorama @BBCOne @BBCiPlayer 2/There are two major factors stopping good care. Firstly, the abolition of Midwifery Supervision in 2017. The decision to abolish statutory Supervision has now led to a lack of investigation processes nationally into practice, following incidents.

@BBCPanorama @BBCOne @BBCiPlayer 1/This was a misguided programme that aimed to confuse the public by linking poor care to practice issues, which is separate from staffing issues that cause delays in care. The programme can not cover in half hour systemic issues in the majority of maternity units.

@Dr_BellaR @Gsep_ And at a senior level we are Directors of Maternity services, unlike in Paediatrics, Surgery and Medicine where the Clinical Directors and Operational Directors hold the reins of their respective services .

@Roboskellycat I am so sorry your story reached my heart ❤️

The MIS programme is well overdue for an evaluation of its effectiveness, or perhaps for the evaluation of the programme to become public. When everyone discusses maternity services needing a redesign, the regulatory and support mechanisms require also a policy overhaul.

@MedsManPharm @vagina_museum Diary in the ready for a long await visit to the museum in January? *Love glittery clittery necklace*

@k_stavrakelli @vagina_museum Deal! *Dons glittery clittery necklace*

"The Village Doctoress Distilling Eyewater", circa 1800 by Thomas Rowlandson. Courtesy of Wellcome Images.

@MedsManPharm @vagina_museum Propose at TLT??

@k_stavrakelli @vagina_museum ?Cost Improvement idea 🧐

Powerful stories have been shared by bereaved mothers. Listening to parents is the key principle of safety in maternity care @NatMatVoicesorg @DOckendenLtd #MATSAFETY2023

@DOckendenLtd @NickiSparling1 @OckendenPhoebe Simply stunning the perfect place for eternal rest

1/2 Borrowing @NickiSparling1 photo of Church Cove : hope that’s ok,to show how beautiful Church Cove is. After 18 long months of searching for the right place helped by @ockendenphoebe we finally laid my mum’s ashes to rest here 2day. All her children agree it’s the right place

An amazing appointment to the top job! Congratulations @katebrintworth we are excited to work with you as the lead of our Profession, and Maternity Transformation. The Midwifery voice will be represented at National level with passion and commitment