Tag: maternity

UPDATE: Pause on £100k NHS award for training maternity units in trans inclusion.

Here’s why With Woman is cheering! If you’ve seen anything of this blog, seen our Twitter, followed any of our growing number of supporters, you’ll have seen the tale of the Invitation to Quote, to train maternity units in the language, and practice, of trans inclusion. The ITQ was published at the height of the… Continue reading UPDATE: Pause on £100k NHS award for training maternity units in trans inclusion.

PRESS RELEASE: Clinicians and researchers urge NHS England to pause £100K transgender midwifery training covering 40 Trusts

9 January 2023 A group of 1400 health practitioners, researchers and members of the public today sent a letter to NHS England urging that the imminent Maternity Gender Inclusion Programme (MGIP) be put on hold.  The letter warned that a scandal similar to the events that led to the closure of the Tavistock Gender Identity… Continue reading PRESS RELEASE: Clinicians and researchers urge NHS England to pause £100K transgender midwifery training covering 40 Trusts

Ideological capture at the heart of the NHS

When our collective, With Woman, heard there was research project underway called Improving Trans Experiences of Maternity Services (ITEMS) we welcomed the news. As a group of midwives, doulas and others with an interest in pregnancy, birth and breastfeeding, we want all who use maternity services to have the best experience they can possibly have.… Continue reading Ideological capture at the heart of the NHS