AFTER BIRTH, INTO LIMBO: Improving postnatal care.
THURSDAY, 29th April 1999 9.00 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. Registration fees: Fellows and Forum members £25.00; Other medical £50.00; Non-medical/midwives £35.00; Students £25.00. Ref: 40.0.66.025.00 PGEA applied for.
CHAIR Maxine Wallis-Redworth, European Institute of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey.
9.25 a.m. Welcome and Introduction.
9.35 a.m. THE POSTNATAL EXAMINATION Luke Zander, General Practitioner, London.
10.00 a.m. LONG TERM SYMPTOMATOLOGY Anita Holdcroft, Reader in Anaesthesia, Imperial College, London.
10.30 a.m. DISCUSSION.
11.00 a.m. TEA AND COFFEE.
11.30 a.m. UPDATE ON THE UK BABY FRIENDLY INITIATIVE. Sue Ashmore, Breastfeeding Counsellor.
12.00 midday. IMPaCT: A randomised controlled trial of protocol-based, midwifery-led postnatal care, focussed on women's physical and psychological health needs. Debra Bick, Research Fellow in Midwifery, Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, University of Birmingham. Click here to read the abstract of this presentation 1.00 p.m. LUNCH
CHAIR Dr. Faith Haddad, Hospital of St. John and Elizabeth, London.
2.00 p.m. THE IMPACT OF INTERVENTIONS IN CHILDBIRTH ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MOTHER AND BABY. Sheila Kitzinger, Author.
2.30 p.m. THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTIONS IN PREGNANCY AND THE PUERPERIUM. Alicia Etchegoyen, Consultant Child and Family Psychiatrist and Head of Perinatal Services, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London.
3.00 p.m. POSTNATAL LISTENING - PURE AND SIMPLE? Jo Alexander, Reader in Midwifery, University of Bournemouth.