Midwifery 2020

Details of key documents and articles to support the work of Midwifery 2020

Key articles accessed by the Midwifery 2020 stakeholders are available from NHS Evidence (England, Northern Ireland and Wales) and The Knowledge Network (in Scotland)

From the Midwifery 2020 Project Initiation Document

• Briefing Paper 4: Delivering the Future in Wales.  A Framework for Realising the Potential of Midwives in Wales (2002)
• Commissioning Framework for Children, Young People and Maternity Services (Department of Health, 2007)
• Definition of a Midwife - International Confederation of Midwives (Adopted 2005)
• Expert Group in Acute Maternity Services (Scottish Executive Health Directorates 2002)
• Framework for Maternity Services (Scottish Executive Health Directorates 2001)
• Maternity Matters: Choice, Access and Continuity of Care in a Safe Service (Department of Health, 2007)
• National Service Framework for Children, Young People and Maternity Services (Department of Health, 2004)
• National Service Framework for Children, Young People and Maternity Services in Wales (2005)

 

Workforce & Workload

• A High Quality Workforce: NHS Next Stage Review (Department of Health, Workforce Planning, Education and Training, 30 June 2008)
• Delivering the Future: Report of the High Risk Pregnancy Group (Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety 1997)
• Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety Review of Skill Mix Maternity Services in Northern Ireland Final 28 August 2008
• Delivering for Remote and Rural Healthcare: The Final Report of the Remote and Rural Workstream (Scottish Government Health Directorates 2007)
• Improving Maternity Services in Australia (An Australian Government Initiative, Health Insite, 2009)
• Nursing and Midwifery Workload and Workforce Planning - Learning Toolkit (NHS Education for Scotland 2008)
• Safer Childbirth: Minimum Standards for the Organisation and Delivery of Care in Labour (Joint Statement from Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Royal College of Midwives, Royal College of Anaesthetists, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, October 2007)
• Staffing Standards in Midwifery Services (Royal College of Midwives' Position Statement, March 2009)
• Staffing Standards in Midwifery Services (Royal College of Midwives' Guidance Paper)
• Maternity Services Action Group: Review of Neonatal Services in Scotland (Scottish Government Health Directorate, November 2008)

Public Health

• Achieving Our Potential: A Framework to Tackle Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland (Scottish Government, 2008)
• All Wales Pathway: Antenantal Routine Enquiry into Domestic Abuse. All Wales Midwifery & Health Visitors Domestic Abuse Networking Group (National Assembly for Wales 2006)
• Better Health, Better Care: Action Plan (Scottish Government Health Directorate, 2007)
• Early Years Framework (Scottish Government, 2009)
• Ending child poverty: making it happen - Child Poverty Unit (Department for Children, Schools and Families 2009)
• Equally Well: Report of the Ministerial Task Force on Health Inequaltiies (Scottish Government Health Directorate, 2008)
• Getting It Right For Every Child - consultation on a set of principles and proposals for changes to children's services (Scottish Government, 2005)
• Health Eating, Active Lives: An action plan to improve diet, increase physical activity and tackle obesity 2008-2011(Scottish Government,2008)
• Healthy lives, brighter futures - The strategy for children's and young people's health (Department of Health, 2009
• Investing in a Better Start: Promoting Breastfeeding in Wales (National Assembly for Wales 2001)
• National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence - Brief interventions and referral for smoking cessation (2006)
• National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence - Smoking cessation services (2008)
• National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence -Prevention of sexually transmitted infections and under 18 conceptions (2007)
• National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence - Maternal and Child Nutrition (2008)
• Nursing for Health: A review of the contribution of nurses, midwives and health visitors to improving the public's health in Scotland (Scottish Government Health Directorate 2001)
• One Wales: A Progressive Agenda for the Government of Wales 2007
• Reaching Out: An Action Plan on Social Exclusion (Cabinet Office 2009)
• The Work Foundation - Sinclair, A. (2007) 0-5: how small children make a big difference (Provocation Series, Volume 3  Number 1)
• Breastfeeding Strategy for Northern Ireland, DHSS 1999
• Tackling Sexual Violence and Abuse, A Regional Strategy 2008-2013, NIO & DHSSPS, 2008
• Sexual Health Promotion Strategy and Action Plan 2008-2013, DHSSPS, 2008
• A Healthier Future, A 20 year vision for health and wellbeing in Northern Ireland 2005-2025, DHSSPS 2004
• Investing for Health, DHSSPS 2002

• Elliott, L. (2004) The effectiveness of public health nursing: the problems and solutions in carrying out a review of systematic reviews. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 45(2), 117-125
• Godfrey, K., Robinson, S., Barker, D.J.P., Osmond, C., and Cox, V. (1996) Maternal nutrition in early and late pregnancy in relation to placental and fetal growth.  British Medical Journal, 312, 410-414
• Hallal, P., C., Wells, J.C.K., Reichert, F.F., Anselmi, L., and Victora, C.G. (2006) Early determinants of physical activity in adolescence: prospective birth cohort study.  British Medical Journal, 332, 1002-1007
• Lawlor, D.A., Riddoch, C.J., Page, A.S., Andersen, L.B., Wedderkopp, N., Harro, M., Stansbie, D. and Davey Smith, G. (2005) Infant feeding and components of the metabolic syndrome: findings from the European Youth Heart Study.  Archives of Diseases in Childhood, 90, 582-588
• Lee, E. (2007) Health, morality, and infant feeding: British mothers' experiences of  formula milk use in the early weeks.  Sociology of Health & Illness, 29(7), 1075-1090
• Ogilvie, D. and Hamlet, N. (2005)Thoughts for today -Obesity: the elephant in the corner. British Medical Journal, 331,1545-1548
• Oken, E., Levitan, E.B. and Gillman, M.W. (2008) Maternal smoking during pregnancy and child overweight: systemativ review and meta-analysis.  International Journal of Obstetrics, 32(2), 201-210

Education and Career Progression

• Sources of positive images about midwives and midwifery (healthtalkonline)
• Delivering High Quality Midwifery Care: the priorities, opportunities and challenges for midwives (Department of Health, 2009)

• Fraser, D.M.., Hughes, A.J. (2009)  Perceptions of motherhood: The effect of experience and knowledge on midwifery students.  Midwifery, 25(3), 307-316

 

General Documents

• A High Quality Workforce: NHS Next Stage Review (Department of Health 2008)
• Commissioning Framework for Health and Wellbeing (Department of Health 2007)
• Delivering High Quality Midwifery Care: the priorities, opportunities and challenges for midwives (Department of Health, 2009)
• Early Years Framework (Scottish Government Health Directorates 2009)
• Implementing a Framework for Maternity Services in Scotland: Overview Report of the Expert Group on Acute Maternity Services (Scottish Government Health Directorates 2003)
• European Perinatal Health Report (Euro Peristat 2009)
• Making it Better: For Mother and Baby (Department of Health 2007)
• Making Normal Birth a Reality consensus statement (Royal College of Midwives, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and National Childbirth Trust 2007)
• Monitoring of Access to Maternity Services in the UK: A basket of markers for local casenote audit: Summary Report. King's College London and Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust 2007
• Maternity Care Assistants in Scotland: A Skills Passport (Healthier Scotland - Scottish Government and NHS Education for Scotland 2008)
• Modernising Nursing Careers - setting the direction (Department of Health 2006)
• National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence - Antenatal Care: A Quick Reference
• National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence - Caesarean Section: A Quick Reference
• National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence - Intrapartum Care: A Quick Reference
• Principles for revalidation: report of the Working Group for Non-medical Revalidation; Professional Regulation and Patient Safety Programme (Department of Health 2008)
• Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Standards for Maternity Care - Maternity Audit Indicators (2008)
• Safe Births: Everbody's Business.  An independent inquiry into the safety of maternity services in England. Onora O'Neill, Kings Fund Inquiry (2008)
• Hatem, M., Sandall, J., Devane, D., Soltani, H., and Gates, S. (2008) Midwife-led versus other models of care for childbearing women (Review).  Cochrane Library, Issue 4
• Powell, A., Rushmer, R., and Davies H. (2009) Effective quality improvement: recognising the challenges.  British Journal of Healthcare Management, 15(1), 17-21