Our Director of Professional Standards – Midwifery, Dr Karn Cliffe recently attended the Advanced Practice Conference along with Advance Midwife Practitioners and Advance Nurse Practitioners from maternity and acute settings.

The conference, held at the Rotunda Hospital, highlighted how collaboration is improving care for pregnant women and their babies.

Throughout the day, experts shared real-life examples of this successful collaboration. Presenters included Advanced Practitioners from the Rotunda, the Coombe, the Mater Misericordiae and Beaumont Hospitals, as well as staff from Trinity College Dublin’s School of Midwifery and a Consultant Obstetrician from the Rotunda Hospital.

Karn discussed the topics as part of a round table discussion with Fiona Hanrahan, Professor Deirdre Daly, Rhona Savage and Bernie Gregg.

The collaborative, woman-centred approach of midwives, nurses, obstetricians, neonatologists and specialty services focuses on the safest possible outcomes for mothers, babies, and families.