Ep 275 Ireland's Midwives: "Stretched to beyond the point of breaking"

Dr Jo Murphy-Lawless, a sociologist at the school of nursing and midwifery at Trinity College Dublin, speaks to Róisín about what's wrong with Ireland's maternity services. She talks about her experience teaching trainee midwives and the challenges they face, and also about strengthened legislation around the reporting of maternal deaths, which it's hoped will become law by March 2019. Dr Murphy-Lawless is part of the Elephant Collective, a group which has campaigned for the new laws and which has brought a travelling exhibition to the Wexford Arts Centre commemorating women including Savita Halappanavar, Sally Rowlette and Bimbo Onanuga - it runs until February 12th. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.