Audit midwife lead | Governance, compliance & QI driven | Patient & staff experience | Informed consent, safe birth, safe staff
NW London, England
Joined November 2017
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What does Dr Kirkup say about the understaffing, conditions and significant increase in UK caesarean rate + other issues raised by maternity teams? Can he work with and advise @YvetteCooperMP on driving improvements?
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Health Secretary promises urgent action on children being treated in corridors in the NHS in England... bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm2k…
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Repeated themes in the Amos report:
understaffing, low morale, burn out, bullying, soaring caesareans, worsening outcomes, racism, poor facilities.
Since 2015, data shows maternity services have deteriorated into a dangerous mess.
Normal birth ‘ideology’ is not the issue.
NEW: A major national review into maternity services heard “repeated” evidence of “normal birth ideology” despite concluding it was not “widespread” – partly because it relied on AI evidence summaries – a former expert adviser has warned hsj.co.uk/patient-safety/amo…
Julie Graham retweeted
And…
Interviews were recorded.
Analysts checked the AI evidence several times.
Data was triangulated from different sources.🤔
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Sepsis caused 133,484 hospital admissions in England in 2024/25, and can be fatal within hours.
A new Modern Service Framework aims to change that, with NICE evidence helping the NHS treat sepsis faster and more consistently.
🔗 orlo.uk/8PVJP
@NHSEngland
Julie Graham retweeted
Today is Allied Health Professions Day!
There are 15 AHP roles across a range of sectors from emergency response and diagnosis to rehabilitation.
Thank you to all our AHPs for the crucial role you play in improving the lives of patients 💙
ALT Three smiling Allied Health Professionals in NHS uniforms celebrating AHPs Day with a thank you message.
Julie Graham retweeted
If physician associates are able to train in "medicine" and are magically able to see patients independently in two years - why does it take doctors 5 to 6 years medical degree and 10 years postgraduate training before achieving independence?
We have to decide whether we want a safe healthcare service delivered by fully trained doctors or go back to a free for all where anyone can practice medicine with a cursory level of knowledge/ training and do away with medical degrees / medical training
It's like living in a parallel universe where simultaneously you need over 15 years of training to be considered safe as a doctor but anyone else can do a simple course and get stuck in.
Allowing physician assistants to see undifferentiated patients would be irresponsible and poorly evidenced, says @TheBMA's Tom Dolphin
He warns that vague guidelines on supervision fail to address the safety concerns that have been repeatedly raised
bmj.com/content/395/bmj-2026…
Julie Graham retweeted
Please please please stop using "simple" when describing a blood test. Headline & standfirst writers love it, but it is unhelpful.
The cliché grossly misleads with regards to the complexity of interpreting and contextualising the results (especially when equivocal).
Good luck and best wishes to all our newly qualified midwives and those starting their university courses - waiting for your PIN is usually the longest break a midwife will have had in the past three years.
Great to have Martin Bromiley at London NW to revisit the similarities between and challenges of aviation & healthcare safety #humanfactors @LNWH_NHS
Julie Graham retweeted
If a baby’s head goes beyond a certain point within the pelvis, a caesarean is most definitely not “safer”. Higher risk of PPH, bladder damage and damage to the (stretched up) cervix which can cause tragic second trimester loss or extreme preterm birth in subsequent pregnancies.
Well done to the @BabyLLTraining team, especially for getting the attention of @YvetteCooperMP. More midwives & funding please 🙏
Julie Graham retweeted
If you feel able to do so, and if you are a doctor, nurse, other HCP, a woman, or a man who cares about women’s health, please REPOST and let’s get more women advocating for themselves and being listened to and heard.
Thank you 🙏
