Frances Rivers, Homebirth Team Lead Midwife, and Jackie Latimer, Clinical Midwifery Manager at Kingston Hospital, have been shortlisted for the Royal College of Midwives Awards 2021.
The team have been shortlisted in the Excellence in Maternity Care During a Global Pandemic category, for their project titled “supporting homebirths during the pandemic” which highlights achievements in continuing to support women’s choices and increasing the homebirth rate over the last 12 to 18 months.
Find out more about Kingston Hospital’s homebirth team: https://kingstonhospital.nhs.uk/birth/homebirth/