"We" share all sorts of stuff via Twitter discussions from Evidence Based Practice #EBP to tweets expressing opinions, personal experience and thoughts - practice based evidence (a concept explored by Swisher 2010. ) However the transient nature of Twitter means that all this very useful stuff is lost in the ether, which is very sad indeed. But there is good news, it's all here .. just search!
Chat Results
Chats run by @WeMidwives
Using: #LossExp
Chat Date: Thursday 7 September 2017 @ 20:00
Topic: #LossExp - Moving forward
Chats run by @WeNurses
Using: #WeNurses
Chat Date: Thursday 7 September 2017 @ 20:00
Topic: #LossExp - Moving forward
Chats run by @WeMidwives
Using: #LossExp
Chat Date: Thursday 29 June 2017 @ 20:00
Topic: Gathering feedback from families when a baby dies - #LossExp
Blog Results
What will you do? - #LossExp
03 July, 2017 by @AgencyNurse
The "Gathering feedback from families following the death of their baby" resource was released on June 22nd and since then lots of blogs (collated HERE) have been shared and lots Twitter discussion via #LossExp has taken place. A twitter discussion has also taken place, discussing the need for and the challenges of implementing the resource and ...
Improving care following baby bereavement - #LossExp
26 June, 2017 by @IrreverentlyRev
Revd Jane Hatton, Chaplain at the Lister Hospital, East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust who tweets as @IrreverentlyRev blogs…
‘The best ideas are shared… I got this idea from Rev Paul Nash of Birmingham children’s Hospital. In a talk, he mentioned how they gave gold hearts when parents lose a child…. I listened to him and thought “we could do ...
Blogs & Storify links By Leigh Kendall - #LossExp
26 June, 2017 by @LeighAKendall
Following the release of the "Gathering feedback from families following the death of their baby" resource (Click HERE to view) Leigh Kendall has written an excellent blog refelcting listening to bereaved parents:
CLICK HERE to read Leighs blog
Leigh has also created a great storify of the #LossExp event:
To read the Storif ...
2 stories & the need to listen - #LossExp
21 June, 2017 by @DOckendenLtd
Hello my name is Donna Ockenden; I am a midwife and nurse and for the last four years I have been Co Clinical Director of the London Maternity Clinical Network. Over the last six months it has been a tremendous privilege to have worked with Sands and NHS England on the creation of this Maternity Bereavement Experience Measure or MBEM. It is at time ...
A maternity bereavement journey - #LossExp
21 June, 2017 by @JbereavementUK
Hello my name is Jane; I’m the Senior Bereavement Midwife at Imperial College NHS Healthcare Trust. I coordinate the maternity bereavement services at St. Mary's Hospital in Paddington and Queen Charlotte's Hospital in Hammersmith.
We have approximately 9,000 deliveries per year with an average of 160 being a combination of stillbirths, neonatal de ...
Improving bereavement care - #LossExp
20 June, 2017 by @CherylT261
Hello, my name is Cheryl. I am the Improving Bereavement Care Manager at Sands, the Stillbirth & neonatal death charity. My focus is to support health and social care professionals to feel able and confident in providing best quality bereavement care for families when a baby dies.
I am delighted that Sands has been involved in creating this Materni ...
Breaking the silence: hearing from bereaved parents #LossExp
19 June, 2017 by @Atherton_HC
Hello my name is Hannah Atherton and I work at NHS England in the Insight & Feedback Team. I focus on collecting and understanding patients’ experiences of their care and advising on how the information collected can then be used to deliver services that are safe, effective and continuously improving.
The collection of insight and feedback in hea ...
Maternity Bereavement: How do we listen? - #LossExp
16 June, 2017 by @KathEvans2
Hello my name is Kath Evans; I work at NHS England and lead on improving experiences of maternity care with women, families and practitioners.
Having stood in a churchyard with friends and watched 39 balloons drift into the sky recognising 39 weeks of pregnancy prior to a beautiful sleeping baby boy entering the world, sat with a friend hearing how ...
A WeMidwives #LossExp Twitter Takeover
13 June, 2017 by @AgencyNurse
On 22nd June NHS London Clinical networks will release a resource that will support professionals to gather feedback from families when a baby dies. The resource will be released at an event in London "Learning from people who experience maternity bereavment" and we will be there to share information and thoughts around the resource. In addition ...
