Midwifery practice and maternity care in the UK - what matters to you?

News - 22 January 2024

Influence the future of research, and help find the top 10 priorities for midwifery practice and maternity care. The Royal College of Midwives want to find out the most important gaps in knowledge and hear what matters to you when it comes to pregnancy, birth and postnatal care.

This survey is the first in a larger project that aims to find the Top 10 future research priorities for midwifery practice and maternity care in the UK.

The Royal College of Midwives will turn the ideas and suggestions that you share into research questions, and these will then be included in a second survey. They expect this survey to open in September 2024. 

You can take part if you are a:

• Woman or birthing person, a partner, family member or friend

• Midwife, student midwife or maternity support worker

• An organisation or charity which supports pregnant women

• Supporting pregnant women, such as a doula or antenatal teacher

Take part in the maternity priorities survey. 

This project is being led by The Royal College of Midwives, with support from the James Lind Alliance, and a Steering Group made up of midwives, maternity support workers and women and birthing people.

The survey closes at midnight on 07/04/2024. 

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