The Evening Times ran an article about figures in a new report showing that women from Lanarkshire experience higher-than-average rates of stillbirth and neonatal deaths than other parts of Scotland. The region recorded the second-highest rate in Scotland with 6.42 deaths per 1,000 births. However it is worth noting that the figure of 7,096 Lanarkshire resident […]
Midwives working out how to get fit
Student midwives are getting fit through a new initiative.
South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture (SLLC) and the University of the West of Scotland (UWS) have been working in partnership to launch a physical activity programme for student midwives on the Hamilton campus.
It allows midwives to access all health and fitness programmes in both the leisure trust and the university over an eight-week period. Students can do fitness classes, the gym swimming or weight management classes. They will also have one-to-one supervision to encourage them to stick at it.
Jean Watson, BSc Midwifery Programme lead at UWS, said: “The content of the midwife course has a strong emphasis on caring but quite often over the three-year degree students park their own health commitments. We hope this pilot helps with the balance of looking after both patients and the students themselves.”
Patrick Murphy, from SLLC, said: “It’s a great partnership that helps us get future fellow health professionals engaged in physical activity and investing time on their own health.”
Of the 90 students across the course over 60 have already committed to the programme.
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