LEADING CHANGE IN PRACTICE
5 Talks
Maternity services are in a constant space of change and improvement. Midwives are at the forefront of this change, recognising where things could be better as well as instigating policy that has been created elsewhere. The aim of this set is to highlight the role of midwives as leaders of change and to provide guidance to support those wanting to make change.
Leadership, influencing and changing practice
2019 | 22 mins | Leading Change in Practice
Jenny Clarke explains the responsibilities of all to be leaders, relating to her own story of bringing skin-to-skin into the service. She relates the strategies and challenges she faced, including social media, to encourage the change in practice. Jenny discusses leadership that is compassionate and kind and recognises the care of staff. She provides tips to help develop as a kind leader.
Jenny Clarke, retired birth centre midwife
Early access to antenatal care: moving towards a culture of continuous improvement
2019 | 27 mins | Leading Change in Practice
In this podcast Andrea Whitehead, Service Development Midwife, for Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Trust, describes her experience of changing culture to one of continuous improvement. She explains her role and the approach of service improvement within the trust. Using the example of improving early access to antenatal care, she provides the steps for improvement. Andrea discusses the way the changes were implemented, and the challenges overcome. She completes by discussing the lessons learned and the plans for the next steps, with questions at the end.
Andrea Whitehead, Service Development Midwife, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Trust
A leadership challenge: VBAC Outside Guidance – Improving experience and satisfaction for pregnant women and their families
2017 | 26 mins | Leading Change in Practice
Jan Butler, Consultant Midwife, Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust, presents how she was involved in her local trust developing services to improve care for women. She includes discussion around governance and creation of the care pathway. Jan refers to audits that was completed and discusses the outcomes and comments from women of their experience. Finally, the session includes responses to questions from the audience.
Jan Butler, Consultant Midwife, Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust
Leading Innovation and Change in Midwifery
2017 | 35 mins | Leading Change in Practice
In this talk Dianne describes her career path and discusses how she has led innovation during this time. She illustrates the talk with stories of how new equipment was designed and practice developed. She encourages engagement with global practice and writing about what changes are taking place. Dianne explains the importance of mentoring and nurturing others and providing legal advice. She talks about the need to remain grounded in midwifery through all her involvement with other activities.
Dianne Garland, Midwifery Consultant and Author
#Waitingforwhite… the challenge of changing practice
2019 | 21 mins | Leading Change in Practice
Amanda Burleigh, Midwifery Consultant, discusses her experience of changing practice introducing delayed cord clamping. She explains why she started looking into making the change and the steps she took looking at the evidence and the development of equipment and guidelines. Amanda describes some of the positive experiences and barriers to change she encountered and how she responded. She shares global campaign, the introduction into NICE guidelines and the media response.
Amanda Burleigh, Midwifery Consultant
