elizabethduff2.bsky.social @elizabethduff2.bsky.social · 30/12/2025Brilliant news! Alison’s work at IHV has been hugely significant, bringing attention to the pressures on HVs and the challenges they face in providing much-needed & valuable services to families. 000
elizabethduff2.bsky.social @elizabethduff2.bsky.social · 19/10/2025Good news that this very basic data is now available; bad news is for how long it hasn’t been examined & action taken. Look forward also to attention paid to mothers not in hospital but seriously ill elsewhere: struggling HVs & GPs will not find them all.theguardian.comThousands of new mothers in England readmitted to hospital after birth, figures showExclusive: More than 14,600 women readmitted within 30 days of birth in last year, raising alarm over early discharges 001
elizabethduff2.bsky.social @elizabethduff2.bsky.social · 15/09/2025www.gov.uk/government/p... Quite a few sensible & positive aspects here. But have I missed something about one of the government’s key aims for improving NHS, i.e. shift hospital to community? This could be highly pertinent to care on the maternity journey.gov.ukNational maternity and neonatal investigation: terms of reference 020
elizabethduff2.bsky.social @elizabethduff2.bsky.social · 28/08/2025ManU played York City that year while I was at Uni of York. Nobody believes that now. 000
elizabethduff2.bsky.social @elizabethduff2.bsky.social · 23/08/2025Michel lived locally to me, often picked up his son from school, who was in same class as my daughter. Ordinary father (in a good way); extraordinary man. 010
elizabethduff2.bsky.social @elizabethduff2.bsky.social · 12/07/2025A valuable summary of the situation restricting midwifery practice in many countries, consequently also limiting quality & quantity of appropriately skilled care that women crucially need in pregnancy, birth & postnatal. Parents/families should demand the legislation to enable the care they want. 000
elizabethduff2.bsky.social @elizabethduff2.bsky.social · 11/07/2025Two days, two herons; am I being storked? Lol. 000
elizabethduff2.bsky.social @elizabethduff2.bsky.social · 05/07/2025Love ‘cereal monitoring’! Keeping fibre levels up? 100
elizabethduff2.bsky.social @elizabethduff2.bsky.social · 28/06/2025Brilliant! Can you tell us more? 100
Reposted by @elizabethduff2.bsky.socialDr Jenny Hall @drjennyhall-5.bsky.social · 27/06/2025#midwives look here to what @roylilley1.bsky.social says the NHS plan should do about maternity services... myemail.constantcontact.com/Research.htm... Lets hope those in the Dept of Health and @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social take noticemyemail.constantcontact.comResearchEmail from nhsManagers.net The easy way View as Webpage Share This Email Share This Email Share This Email Latest Health News Weather IHSCM Academy of Fab' Stuff nhsManagers.net 18th June 2025 Subscri 012
elizabethduff2.bsky.social @elizabethduff2.bsky.social · 27/06/2025revolution.postnatalsupportnetwork.com/postpartum-c... Regarding the planned NHS maternity inquiry, may I respectfully draw attention to this international call for better postnatal care? Please read, any who are involved @rcm.org.uk @nctcharity.bsky.social @birthcompanions.bsky.socialrevolution.postnatalsupportnetwork.comPostpartum Call to Action - Postnatal rEvolution SummitThe postpartum period represents a critical, yet often overlooked, window in women's health. Societal stigma and lack of comprehensive support leave many new mothers isolated and vulnerable. We must c... 000
Reposted by @elizabethduff2.bsky.socialmarynewburn.bsky.social @marynewburn.bsky.social · 26/06/2025Yes, postnatal care and the 12 months after birth are repeatedly overlooked. 022
elizabethduff2.bsky.social @elizabethduff2.bsky.social · 24/06/2025The emphasis on enhancing continuity of care is rightly identified in the NHS statement. Relationship-based care ensures improvement to outcomes, efficiency to the system & greater satisfaction for both professionals & women: importantly, evidence supporting other models of care is wholly lacking. 023
elizabethduff2.bsky.social @elizabethduff2.bsky.social · 24/06/2025Agree 100%. It’s a bitter irony that numerical disparities in maternal mortality have recently reduced, only since more white women with higher incomes now die. Once again: look at the postnatal deaths. Authorities pass the buck on this from NHS to HVs to GPs: the Inquiry must solve this problem. 012
elizabethduff2.bsky.social @elizabethduff2.bsky.social · 23/06/2025Some in the NHS say midwifery postnatal care for 10 days after birth is all that’s needed: not true. ‘Better Births’ policy pledged care for 6 weeks minimum. But a crucial move will be to co-ordinate care from NHS, health visitors & GPs so no sick & desperate mother falls through the lethal gaps.bbc.comNational inquiry into maternity care announced by Wes StreetingIt will target the worst-performing trusts in England - and report back by the end of the year. 145
elizabethduff2.bsky.social @elizabethduff2.bsky.social · 23/06/2025NHS’s convenient term of ‘maternity & neonatal’ means the focus of care moves smoothly along from pregnancy to birth to baby: little or no attention paid to the new mother. Poor postnatal care is sadly reflected in the majority of maternal deaths occurring at that time @nctcharity.bsky.social 000
elizabethduff2.bsky.social @elizabethduff2.bsky.social · 14/06/2025Very pleased to see a copy of my friend Chris Rose’s co-authored book Perceptual Engineering, published this year. He highlights use of all the senses, sometimes in unexpected ways - eg dogs who can detect cancer through smell - and urges wider thinking about how we can improve our own perceptions. 010
Reposted by @elizabethduff2.bsky.socialTrish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 13/06/2025Might be a good idea to extend Covid vaccines to those of childbearing age. 16300161
Reposted by @elizabethduff2.bsky.socialDr. Aaron Bradbury @aaronearlyyears.bsky.social · 11/06/2025🌍🎈 Today is the International Day of Play, a reminder that play is a right. 🎒In a world of targets & tests, #PlayMatters more than ever. It nurtures creativity, confidence & connection. It is how children learn. 🔗 early-years-reviews.com/play-matters #InternationalDayOfPlay 0132
elizabethduff2.bsky.social @elizabethduff2.bsky.social · 11/06/2025@birthcompanions.bsky.social @rcm.org.uk @nctcharity.bsky.social 010
elizabethduff2.bsky.social @elizabethduff2.bsky.social · 10/06/2025Razorbills and guillemots everywhere - also three small downy herring gull chicks pottering about on one of those steep rocks out there 😱 010
elizabethduff2.bsky.social @elizabethduff2.bsky.social · 10/06/2025Galloway cliffs at Balcary Bay good enough for me today! 110
Reposted by @elizabethduff2.bsky.socialMaternity Action @maternityaction.bsky.social · 10/06/2025Good to see today's @commonswec.parliament.uk report on parental leave highlighting the poor level of #maternity & parental pay & calling for phased investment to improve it bit.ly/3Thd2tXbit.lyGovernment’s review must address ‘fundamental failings’ in UK’s parental leave system, WEC warns - Committees - UK ParliamentThe existing “broken” parental leave system has “fundamental failings”, which the Government’s proposed ‘full review’ must address head on, a new report by th... 022
Reposted by @elizabethduff2.bsky.socialMaternity Action @maternityaction.bsky.social · 09/06/2025Investing more in maternity pay is vital to the government's missions AND affordable: our message to the Chancellor as the spending review nears: bit.ly/4kvjgT6bit.lyInvesting more in maternity pay is both vital to the government’s missions, and affordable - Maternity ActionBlog by Annah Psarros, Senior Policy Officer On 11 June, Rachel Reeves will deliver her first multi-year spending review settlement as Chancellor. Her spending review will need to show how spending ca... 012
elizabethduff2.bsky.social @elizabethduff2.bsky.social · 09/06/2025Enjoying the picturesque town of Kirkcudbright today. Lovely people there - it’s just nonsense to say the Scots are always in search of a bargain. 000
Reposted by @elizabethduff2.bsky.socialDr Jenny Hall @drjennyhall-5.bsky.social · 05/06/2025www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukMicrobiome: First bacteria we meet can keep us out of hospitalFor the first time, scientists show how our microbiome forms affects the risk of infection. 033
elizabethduff2.bsky.social @elizabethduff2.bsky.social · 05/06/2025New results on this key issue. Nothing here tells parents what to decide about mode of birth but it does add to their knowledge base @nctcharity.bsky.social www.sanger.ac.uk/news_item/ba...sanger.ac.ukBaby’s microbiome may protect against childhood viral infectionUK babies with a specific mix of gut bacteria have a lower risk of being hospitalised for viral lower respiratory tract infection in the first two years of life. 001
elizabethduff2.bsky.social @elizabethduff2.bsky.social · 02/06/2025Hello, both! Greetings from lovely Wales! 110
elizabethduff2.bsky.social @elizabethduff2.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Pleased to see this initiative from @camdencouncil.bsky.social to help expectant parents. As said in report, the contact will also put parents in touch with other sources of support, while helping pay bills, clear debt, buy baby essentials, etc. @maternityaction.bsky.social @nctcharity.bsky.social 001
elizabethduff2.bsky.social @elizabethduff2.bsky.social · 26/05/2025Aha! I see BH & SH turning up again in your @theguardian.com interview among other excellent authors e.g. Austen, Dickens, Adams. Have you visited Douglas Adams’ grave @highgatecemetery.bsky.social and left a reverent biro, as is traditional? 000
elizabethduff2.bsky.social @elizabethduff2.bsky.social · 21/05/2025Excellent! I’m getting the picture now. ‘Tenant of Wildfell Hall’? 000
elizabethduff2.bsky.social @elizabethduff2.bsky.social · 21/05/2025Important & well-grounded points made here. ALL new mothers are made poorer at a time they will clearly need to spend more on energy, equipment & other bills. Many consequently suffer worse postnatal health: no coincidence that maternal deaths in 1st year after a birth are predominantly suicides. 010
elizabethduff2.bsky.social @elizabethduff2.bsky.social · 21/05/2025For context, Andrew, could you kindly provide, say, the other nine of your top ten ‘greatest housing novels’? 100
Reposted by @elizabethduff2.bsky.socialZack Labe @zacklabe.com · 21/05/2025This animation shows how temperatures have changed over the last 100 years for each February-April period. On each map, red shading indicates warmer than average conditions, and blue shading shows the opposite. Note the trend. Data from NOAAGlobalTemp v6.0.0 (www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...). 19246531825
Reposted by @elizabethduff2.bsky.socialMaternity Action @maternityaction.bsky.social · 19/05/2025Great to have worked with @mattbrownwrites.bsky.social of @yourmoneyuk.bsky.social on this piece about our new report on #maternity pay www.yourmoney.com/household-bi... #endpregnancypovertyyourmoney.comLow maternity pay ‘pushes women into poverty’Maternity pay is “critically low” and pushing women into poverty, claims one leading charity as paid leave for mothers celebrates 50 years. 001
elizabethduff2.bsky.social @elizabethduff2.bsky.social · 17/05/2025Moments from an excellent tree-identification walk in Highgate Wood this morning: the elegance of hornbeams; the pleasing palmate shape of chestnut leaves; the tales told by all the interweaving cracks & lines on a fallen oak. 000
elizabethduff2.bsky.social @elizabethduff2.bsky.social · 09/05/2025After enjoying a visit to the Affordable Art Fair on Hampstead Heath, an equally enjoyable walk home offered some totally affordable art from nature. Have a great weekend! 020
Reposted by @elizabethduff2.bsky.socialDr Jenny Hall @drjennyhall-5.bsky.social · 08/05/2025Looking forward to being at this today 023
elizabethduff2.bsky.social @elizabethduff2.bsky.social · 08/05/2025It’s an extraordinary & moving event, mixing research evidence, lived experience in drama form & panel discussion among expert & informed people. Clear & doable policy asks are in the report: just do it @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social 122
Reposted by @elizabethduff2.bsky.socialMaternity Action @maternityaction.bsky.social · 06/05/2025The work we do to empower pregnant mums & new mothers about their rights to work & maternity pay is vital to reducing their stress & improving well-being. That's why we're proud to support @mmhalliance.bsky.social & #maternalmentalhealthawarenessweek 0102
Reposted by @elizabethduff2.bsky.socialInternational Confederation of Midwives @internationalmidwives.org · 05/05/2025🎥 Watch Anna af Ugglas, ICM Chief Executive, wish a heartfelt #IDM2025 to midwives worldwide, honouring their care in every crisis. 💜 Happy International Day of the Midwife! 0159
Reposted by @elizabethduff2.bsky.socialMaternity and Midwifery Forum @midwiferyforum.bsky.social · 29/04/2025We’re back TOMORROW! Join #MidwiferyHour Series 16, Ep1 as we explore how midwives can make genomic testing conversations clear & supportive. 🗓 30 April | 🕖 19:00 UK | 🎧 Spotify Register free: shorturl.at/fcts1 #GenomicTesting #MATFLIX 022
Reposted by @elizabethduff2.bsky.socialProfessor Laura Abbott @midwifeteacher.bsky.social · 29/04/2025It was brilliant to champion disabled women in Parliament today with @marietidball.bsky.social working to secure safe, high-quality, inclusive maternity care. Disabled mothers must be central to improving care, and I’m so pleased to be involved in this campaign with so many other incredible women. 011
Reposted by @elizabethduff2.bsky.socialJenny Carter @jennycarter33.bsky.social · 26/04/2025Preparing resource packs for the @rcm.org.uk conference #preterm workshops in Birmingham next week. Do come along and find out “What #midwives need to know about preterm birth”. 112
elizabethduff2.bsky.social @elizabethduff2.bsky.social · 26/04/2025The River Tywi, running through Rhandirmwyn, is Wales’s longest river and its banksides are beautiful: starred with stitchwort; placid in its present mood; swathed with sheep; dramatic as dark falls. 000
Reposted by @elizabethduff2.bsky.socialJenny Jones @greenjennyjones.bsky.social · 22/04/2025Are you part of the 'silent majority' who wants faster action on dealing with the impact of our #ClimateCrisis? www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comActivate climate’s ‘silent majority’ to supercharge action, experts sayMaking concerned people aware their views are far from alone could unlock the change so urgently needed 519650
Reposted by @elizabethduff2.bsky.socialInternational Confederation of Midwives @internationalmidwives.org · 14/04/2025The future of women’s health needs diverse voices. @FIGOHQ is offering a bursary for midwives, trainees, and students with accepted or pending abstracts. If you haven’t already, submit a late-breaking abstract by 16 April and apply for a #FIGO2025 bursary: zurl.co/UJnZb 011
Reposted by @elizabethduff2.bsky.socialMaternity Action @maternityaction.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Awesome @neunion.bsky.social campaign for occupational #maternity pay at Dunraven Education Trust schools, south London. Did you know only 13% of women have access to occupational #maternity pay beyond the statutory minimum? #EndPregnancyPoverty bit.ly/42lNBf3bit.lySchool strikers deliver maternity pay victoryWorkers at Dunraven School in Lambeth, south London, celebrate after a successful strike for better maternity pay 011
elizabethduff2.bsky.social @elizabethduff2.bsky.social · 07/04/2025Pregnancy can indeed be a dangerous time, but in the UK (and elsewhere) the postnatal period sees a greater number of maternal deaths. It’s noted here that, while postnatal care has increased coverage, the expansion is not as great as in the other areas. 020
