Clare Macdonald, a Maternity theme PhD student, recently attended a grant application competition at the NIHR Doctoral Training Camp, and shares her views.
Births before arrival (BBAs) at hospital are associated with unfavourable outcomes and increased mortality. This study aims to obtain a better understanding of BBAs and the views of clinicians, midwives and women.
BSOTS provides a uniform assessment and clinical prioritisation of the common conditions that women present with in maternity triage.
The first and only study in the UK focused on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the immediate postnatal clinical care period
Leads: Dr Beck Taylor, Mrs Sophie Dann (Maternity), Dr Katharine Reeves (Meths) The team are working with public contributors from ARC WM’s Maternity Theme throughout
Leads: Prof Sara Kenyon, Dr Beck Taylor (Maternity), Dr Laura Quinn (Meths) Throughout the project, the team are working in partnership with public contributors linked
Exploring factors that influence implementation of two high-quality intra-partum maternity trials.
Leads: Dr Nimarta Dharni, Prof Sara Kenyon Dates: November 2022 – March 2024 Background: Multiple national maternity safety reports have highlighted concerns contributing to avoidable harm
Leads: Dr Beck Taylor, Prof Sara Kenyon (Maternity), Dr Katharine Reeves, Dr Laura Kudrna, Dr Kelly-Ann Schmidtke (Meths) Dates: Oct 2019 – Sep 2024 Background: The ARC
Leads: Beck Taylor, Laura Quinn, Christine MacArthur (ARC). Ellie Jones, Jamie Rae Tanner (collaborators outside of ARC). Dates: March 2021- March 2023 Background: Mental health