{"events":{"title":"5th National Midwifery Conference: The Changing Faces of Maternity Care","slug":"5th-national-midwifery-conference-the-changing-faces-of-maternity-care","summary":"The 5th National Midwifery Conference focuses on how maternity care is developing in 2010 and how clinicians are adapting and coping with the changes.","content":"

The 5th<\/sup> National Midwifery Conference will focus on how maternity care is developing in 2010 and how clinicians are adapting and coping with the changes.<\/p>

We ask the question are our leaders prepared for the changes ahead? We will consider how midwives have commissioned services in order to create a new way of working. There will be a discussion about how change will be facilitated to promote choice and how some services have adapted to address the needs of a changing population. The feelings of those who use the maternity services, student midwives and maternity support workers will be considered.<\/p>

Target Audience<\/h2>

The conference will be of interest to leaders who wish to understand how they should develop their skills to meet new demands and to commissioners who work with maternity carers to provide a high class service.<\/p>

Managers and midwives who wish to develop and understand about working in today's climate of change will also benefit from the conference.<\/p>

Service users will be interested to understand how the maternity service attempts to meet their needs and student midwives and those who are interested in joining the midwifery profession will gain a deeper insight into this career. Maternity support workers may wish to develop their perspective of the maternity services, while educationalists and researchers may wish to consider current trends in maternity care.<\/p>

Conference Programme<\/h2>

The morning theme is Developing Services in 2010<\/em>; the afternoon theme is Facilitating Change<\/em>.<\/p>