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Published PoetIn 2021, I became a guest poetry facilitator with Derbyshire Writing School and I’m over the moon to be running such exciting workshops and courses with this wonderful family run creative business. I was invited on Episode 13 of their podcast to discuss how to begin with poetry. You can listen back here: PODCAST I have been commissioned by Shottle Hall to write a love poem for their wedding magazine and by Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site to highlight overlooked women’s stories in Derby history. You can watch the video for Tales of Derby Women Past below. I’m currently working on my second poetry collection which explores my journey with chronic illness. When I’m not writing, you can find me drinking tea and dabbling in a few different books with a bag of snacks in hand. If you would like to book me for a performance, as a facilitator or commission me to write a poem, please get in touch.
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Yet again, mainstream media has sensationalised what they perceive as “witchcraft” – the use of “alternative” therapies by midwives. The Sunday Times has now waded into the melee, castigating midwives’ use of aromatherapy, acupuncture, reflexology and “burning herbs to turn a breech baby” (moxibustion). The article by Health Editor Shaun Lintern also denigrates practices which are not classified as complementary therapies, such as water injections for pain relief, hypnobirthing for birth preparation and counselling sessions following traumatic birth. Some of the accusations focus on their (inaccurate) statement about the lack of complementary therapy research, whilst others deplore trusts charging for some of these services. A letter to the Chief Executive of the NHS has been sent by a group of families whose babies have died in maternity units that have now come under scrutiny from the Care Quality Commission and the Ockenden team. Amongst those spearheading this group is a consultant physician whose baby died during birth (unrelated to complementary therapies) and who has taken it on himself to challenge the NHS on all matters pertaining to safety in maternity care. That is admirable – safety is paramount – but it is obvious neither he, nor the author of this latest article, knows anything at all about the vast subject of complementary therapies in pregnancy and birth. The article is padded out with (incorrect) statistics about midwives’ use of complementary therapies, coupled with several pleas for the NHS to ban care that they say (incorrectly) is not evidence-based and which contravene NICE guidelines (the relevant word here being guidelines, not directives). The article is biased and, to my knowledge, no authority on the subject has been consulted to provide a balanced view (the Royal College of Midwives offered a generic response but did not consult me, despite being appointed a Fellow of the RCM specifically for my 40 years’ expertise in this subject). I would be the first to emphasise that complementary therapies must be safe and, where possible, evidence-based, and I am well aware that there have been situations where midwives have overstepped the boundaries of safety in respect of therapies such as aromatherapy. However, I have not spent almost my entire career educating midwives (not just providing skills training) and emphasising that complementary therapy use must be based on a comprehensive theoretical understanding, to have it snatched away because of a few ill-informed campaigners intent on medicalising pregnancy and birth even further than it is already. For well-respected broadsheets to publish such inaccurate and biased sensationalism only serves to highlight the problems of the British media and the ways in which it influences public opinion with untruths and poorly informed reporting.
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The kinship care charityHome / For professionals / Schools and education Schools and education Why kinship families need support Around 200,000 children in the UK are growing up in kinship care – that’s roughly three times as many as foster care, yet kinship families are a comparatively invisible and poorly supported group. Children reading a book together How can I support children in kinship care? Children growing up in kinship care may have similar needs to those being raised in statutory care or through adoption, however, they are often overlooked.
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