All Outputs (6)

“It’s no ordinary job”: Factors that influence learning and working for midwifery students placed in continuity models of care (2022)
Journal Article
Moncrieff, G., Martin, C. H., Norris, G., & MacVicar, S. (2023). “It’s no ordinary job”: Factors that influence learning and working for midwifery students placed in continuity models of care. Women and Birth, 36(3), e328-e334. https://doi.org/10.10

Background Maternity policy and guidelines increasingly recommend or stipulate the increased provision of midwifery continuity of carer as a priority model of care. The scale up and sustainability of this model will require that student midwives are... Read More about “It’s no ordinary job”: Factors that influence learning and working for midwifery students placed in continuity models of care.

Exploring factors that may optimise learning from and working within continuity models of midwifery care (2022)
Thesis
Moncrieff, G. Exploring factors that may optimise learning from and working within continuity models of midwifery care. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2952223

Background Maternity policy and guidelines increasingly recommend or stipulate the increased provision of midwifery continuity of carer as a priority model of care. The scale up and sustainability of this model will require that student midwives ar... Read More about Exploring factors that may optimise learning from and working within continuity models of midwifery care.

‘There's only so much you can be pushed’: Magnification of the maternity staffing crisis by the 2020/21 COVID‐19 pandemic (2022)
Journal Article
Cordey, S., Moncrieff, G., Cull, J., Sarian, A., & the ASPIRE‐COVID 19 Collaborative Group. (2022). ‘There's only so much you can be pushed’: Magnification of the maternity staffing crisis by the 2020/21 COVID‐19 pandemic. BJOG: An International J

Concerns about the impact of staffing shortages and burnout in the maternity workforce on safe and respectful care are long-standing, in the UK and internationally.1, 2 The COVID-19 pandemic has further reduced workforce availability worldwide.3 We e... Read More about ‘There's only so much you can be pushed’: Magnification of the maternity staffing crisis by the 2020/21 COVID‐19 pandemic.

The United Kingdom and the Netherlands maternity care responses to COVID-19: A comparative study (2022)
Journal Article
van den Berg, L. M., Balaam, M., Nowland, R., Moncrieff, G., Topalidou, A., Thompson, S., …Treadwell, M. (2023). The United Kingdom and the Netherlands maternity care responses to COVID-19: A comparative study. Women and Birth, 36(1), 127-135. https://d

Background The national health care response to coronavirus (COVID-19) has varied between countries. The United Kingdom (UK) and the Netherlands (NL) have comparable maternity and neonatal care systems, and experienced similar numbers of COVID-19 in... Read More about The United Kingdom and the Netherlands maternity care responses to COVID-19: A comparative study.

Routine vaginal examinations compared to other methods for assessing progress of labour to improve outcomes for women and babies at term (2022)
Journal Article
Moncrieff, C., Gyte, G. M., Dahlen, H. G., Thomson, G., Singata-Madliki, M., Clegg, A., & Downe, S. (2022). Routine vaginal examinations compared to other methods for assessing progress of labour to improve outcomes for women and babies at term. Cochrane

Background Routine vaginal examinations are undertaken at regular time intervals during labour to assess whether labour is progressing as expected. Unusually slow progress can be due to underlying problems, described as labour dystocia, or can be a... Read More about Routine vaginal examinations compared to other methods for assessing progress of labour to improve outcomes for women and babies at term.

Companionship for women/birthing people using antenatal and intrapartum care in England during COVID-19: a mixed-methods analysis of national and organisational responses and perspectives (2022)
Journal Article
Thomson, G., Balaam, M., Nowland (Harris), R., Crossland, N., Moncrieff, G., Heys, S., …Downe, S. (2022). Companionship for women/birthing people using antenatal and intrapartum care in England during COVID-19: a mixed-methods analysis of national and o

Objectives: To explore stakeholders’ and national organisational perspectives on companionship for women/birthing people using antenatal and intrapartum care in England during COVID-19, as part of the Achieving Safe and Personalised maternity care In... Read More about Companionship for women/birthing people using antenatal and intrapartum care in England during COVID-19: a mixed-methods analysis of national and organisational responses and perspectives.