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The Iolanthe trustees have great pleasure in announcing the award winners for
2010.
Applications this year
came from across the UK and reflected a wide spectrum of activity and a deep
commitment to the profession and care for women and babies. Professor Billie
Hunter, chair of the trustees, said, ‘We had,
as usual, a hard task in selecting winners from a field of applicants working to
a very high standard. These winners were the top of a very impressive list of
candidates. The trustees congratulate the award winners and commend all who
applied for their efforts and dedication to midwifery.’
IOLANTHE STUDENT AWARDS,
supported by MIDIRS, go to
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Alison Norris, University of Leeds, for a
three-week work placement in a rural community health centre in Bhotechaur
village, Nepal
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Laura Bridle,
University of Surrey, who will also go to Nepal, visiting and assisting at a
birthing centre in Kathmandu for four weeks
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Louise Randall,
Oxford Brookes University, for a one-month internship at the Mercy Maternity
Centre and its outreach clinics in Davao, the Philippines
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Dawn Barrowclough,
University of Huddersfield, who will spend time at the St John of God Hospital
in Perth, Australia, exploring normality of care for women with complex needs
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Julie Carr,
University of Greenwich, to help her undertake a Diploma in Integrated
Therapies for Childbirth, including studies in nutrition, homeopathy and
reflexology
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Carrie Shutt,
University of
Hertfordshire, who plans to spend six weeks at the Kisiizi Hospital, in rural
south-west Uganda, working in the hospital, community and midwifery school.
IOLANTHE MIDWIFE AWARD
WINNERS are:
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Jude Davis,
Bronglais Hospital, Aberystwyth, who plans to organise two waterbirth study
days for her colleagues with the aim of expanding access to this option for
women.
- Jude also wins the
Ann Stewart Award
for commitment to midwifery practice
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Rajshree Seewoosurran,
Basildon & Thurrock University Hospital, who is studying for an MSc in
Advanced Midwifery Practice at Anglia Ruskin University
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Joselle Wright,
Sandwell & West
Birmingham Hospital, for her doctorate in health science, University of
Nottingham, on Afro-Caribbean women’s experiences of antenatal care
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Allison Farnworth,
of Newcastle University, who will be assisted with the 1st year of
her PhD research into the impact on women’s experiences of early pregnancy
loss
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Dr Anna Brown,
University of Surrey, who will carry out focus groups, as part of an action
research study into teaching/assessing empathy and sensitivity on the labour
ward.
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Anna receives the
Dame Rosalind Paget award for progressing
practice though holistic care.
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Sarah Norris,
studying for a PhD at Swansea University on teaching normality in a clinical
setting, who is undertaking two courses on qualitative interviewing and
analysis.
The
IOLANTHE TRICIA ANDERSON
AWARD
will go to:
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Jane Cross, of the University
of the West of England, who is creating ‘optimal fetal positioning T-shirts’,
as a visual teaching aid in antenatal education for women.
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