CHOICE AND DECISION MAKING
5 Talks
Decision making for women and birthing people is an important subject, as the ability to make personal choice is enshrined in human rights and UK law. It is also embedded in policy. This set explores choice across different aspects, covering law and consent, policy, personal choices and how practice areas are embedding choice discussions.
How to have an informed choice conversation in practice
2019 | 23 mins | Choice and Decision Making
In this talk Maria Booker, Programmes Director, Birthrights, discusses the 2015 ruling of Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health board around informed choice and consent. She provides tips on having choice conversations in practice that includes understanding on decision making, unconscious bias, risk and appropriate use of language. Maria includes a practical scenario to discuss with the responses from the audience.
Maria Booker, Programmes Director, Birthrights
Why do some women choose to freebirth in the UK? An interpretative phenomenological study
2016 | 18 mins | Choice and Decision Making
Claire Feeley, previously of Milton Keynes University, talks about her Masters study on why some women choose to freebirth. The act of freebirthing is explained and the UK laws around it. She describes research methodology and methods, using interpretive phenomenology. Claire discusses the personal stories of the women and explores the different paths of making decisions and how the women understood risk. The issues for midwifery practice are identified including what midwives need to change.
Claire Feeley, PhD Student-Midwife, Milton Keynes University
Promoting choice and personalisation through personalised care planning
2020 | 25 mins | Choice and Decision Making
This talk describes the NHS personalisation agenda in order to give choice over health and wellbeing needs. This involves a person having involvement in the choices and planning of care that is flexible and what matters to them. Fiona Ghalustians, Senior Project manager & Georgia Kontosorou, Project Manager, NW London Maternity transformation programme, discuss the National Maternity Review, Better Births, and where choice and personalisation sit. They explain how they have approached personalisation locally as early adopters for postnatal care.
Fiona Ghalustians, Senior Project manager, NW London Maternity transformation programme
Georgia Kontosorou, Project Manager, NW London Maternity transformation programme
Personalisation and choice across SHIP LMS
2018 | 23 mins | Choice and Decision Making
The development of personalisation and choice across a local maternity system is explored. Donna Evans, Maternity Services Transformation Manager, SHIP Maternity Pioneer, explains how the development was pioneered across their area with family focussed care. Donna uses a case study of current experience to illustrate some of the issues to improve, and a basis for making changes to service. She describes the pioneer pathway, including labour line, and how it works. Personal maternity care budgets are explained in relation to the choices of place of care for women. Progress and challenges are addressed along with the next steps.
Donna Evans, Maternity Services Transformation Manager, SHIP Maternity Pioneer
If I don’t know my choices it’s not informed consent
2019 | 18 mins | Choice and Decision Making
This talk describes a clinic to support women and birthing people to make the appropriate choices for them. Cate Langley, Consultant Midwife, Hywel Dda University Health Board, shares the background to the clinic and explains the context of the Montgomery ruling. She introduces the birth choices clinic, with a focus on the human rights of the woman and supports her making her decision about care. The resources used to help are explored along with the running of the clinic. Cate shares some of the data and feedback from users and other midwifery colleagues.
Cate Langley, Consultant Midwife, Hywel Dda University Health Board
