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SUMMARY:'Bringing Life' lecture programme organised by Liverpool Medical Institution President
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DESCRIPTION:Liverpool Medical Institution - presidential programme for the 186th Session\, entitled 'Bringing Life'"Major changes are taking place in maternity care across the UK.  Over the last decades we have seen gradual changes as those getting pregnant have changed leading to increased rates of diabetes\, high blood pressure and stillbirth. But changes in society have also meant that women have also become more educated with more access to high (and low) quality information with which to make their own decisions. These changes\, combined with important legal developments\, mean that women should be very much in charge of their own births. And yet\, several maternity scandals and reports from the Care Quality Commission have shown that this cultural change has not always happened. Legal payouts are at a record high and in hospitals many maternity staff feel unsupported and victimised.\n\nThese factors have come together over the last 5 years in a perfect storm where maternal choice\, coupled with fear and distrust in the system\, have led to escalating levels of labour induction\, caesarean section and ‘free birth’. A national conversation is needed into where maternity care in the UK is going.\n \nHow can we improve outcomes for women and their babies whilst at the same time providing safe\, compassionate\, empowering care? This lecture series\, streamed live from the iconic Liverpool Medical Institution\, will explore birth in the UK: current perspectives as well as visions for the future by leading maternity practitioners\, campaigners and experts."\n\nAll lectures will take place in-person and online 6-7pm.\n\nThursday 19th March 2026: Professor Soo Downe\nCan the overuse of risk assessments actually increase risk in labour and birth?\n\nFriday 27th March 2026: Professor Jonathan McFarland\nHumanism in surgery: how we can learn from the past\n\nThursday 2nd April 2026: Professor James Walker\nWhat does 'good' look like for UK maternity services? A view from the maternity reviews.\n\nThursday 23rd April 2026: Geeta Nayar\nHow do we prevent birth trauma?\n\nThursday 7th May 2026: Dr Carol Kingdon\nA social history of academic midwifery in the UK\n\nThursday 14th May 2026: Dr Clea Harmer\nWhat can be done to achieve real change in maternity and neonatal care?\n\nThursday 28th May 2026: Indie Kaur\nIs India ready for midwifery care?\n\nThursday 4th June 2026: Dame Tina Lavender\nStrengthening midwifery globally\n\nThursday 18th June 2026: Professor Alex Heazell\nMaternity services in the UK: a vision for the future\n\n
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LOCATION:Liverpool and online
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