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Tuesday 25th October saw the first in person meeting of the Council of Deans of Health (CoDH) UK Network of Professors in Midwifery and Maternal and Infant Health.

The event was held in Glasgow and opened by Professor Alex McMahon, Chief Nursing Officer for Scotland. Attendees included Justine Craig, Chief Midwifery Officer for Scotland, James Hallwood, Head of Policy and External Affairs, CoDH, and Professors from across the UK. The day focused on establishing priorities for the network.

The Network has been instrumental in providing evidence to support:

• the APPG on Baby Loss and APPG on Maternity’s joint report ‘Safe staffing: The impact of staffing shortages in maternity and neonatal care’. You can find the published report here: www.sands.org.uk/appg 
• National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) calls for evidence to update guidelines.
• the NMC consultation on education standards

Members of the Network will be delivering an online seminar titled: ‘Effective midwifery education and research outcomes – learning from reviews‘ for the Council of Deans of Health on 6th December (3-4pm GMT). You can find out more here.