Enabling Access to Birth in a Midwife-Led Unit: Implementation of Co-produced Evidence-based Guideline

Maria Healy; Patricia Mackin (now Gillen)

Enabling Access to Birth in a Midwife-Led Unit: Implementation of Co-produced Evidence-based Guideline

Maria Healy, Patricia Mackin (now Gillen)

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There is an increasing emphasis on the need to support women in planning their place of birth. In order to make a truly informed choice, women and midwives can benefit from evidence-based guidelines that provide them with easy-to-access information that will support their decision-making. In Northern Ireland there are currently eight midwife-led units (MLU) (with potential for more), which are most suitable as the place of birth for a woman with a straightforward pregnancy. This paper provides an overview of the ‘GAIN (RQIA) Guideline for admission to midwife-led units in Northern Ireland’. The guideline was
informed by the evidence, and co-produced by women and maternity care professionals.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	20-25
Number of pages	6
Journal	Practising Midwife
Volume	10
Issue number	21
Publication status	Published (in print/issue) - 1 Nov 2018

Keywords

Midwife Led care
co-production
evideence-based guidelines

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Guideline for Admission to Midwife-led Units in Northern Ireland
Healy, M. & Mackin (now Gillen), P., 30 Nov 2018.
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Planning birth in and admission to a midwife-led unit: development of a GAIN evidence based guideline
Healy, M. & Gillen, P., 28 Sept 2016, (Published online) In: Evidence Based Midwifery. 14, 3, p. 82-86
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Enabling Access to Birth in a Midwife-Led Unit: Implementation of Co-produced Evidence-based Guideline

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Guideline for Admission to Midwife-led Units in Northern Ireland

Planning birth in and admission to a midwife-led unit: development of a GAIN evidence based guideline

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