Our community midwives from CRH are holding an event called ‘Meet the Midwives’ to make people more aware of the clinic they run at Halifax’s Asda store.

The event aims to promote community midwifery, services & other support services that are available within local children centres, as well as focusing on some health services including stopping smoking, immunisation & healthy eating.

During the event, the midwives will have an antenatal and postnatal drop in session which will also involve specialist midwives.

Our  Clinical Midwifery manager (community) Michelle Hayward,  explained to us: "The clinic provides a late night service for those women who may work unsociable hours and can't make the 9-5pm appointments, and we have received some good feedback about our work."

She added: "Having our clinic at Asda provides a safe environment; we wanted to think outside the box, and we have taken community midwifery further into the local community where we are more accessible to women".

Tommy’s charity, which funds research into stillbirth, premature birth and miscarriage, have collaborated with our community midwives to work alongside them at the event.

This will give the charity a chance to display some work they have produced alongside our community midwives, as well as supporting our services. Furthermore, they also plan to emphasise the importance for pregnant women to contact their midwife with any queries.

The event from our community midwives will take place on November 6th and will be the first of its kind from CRH and Asda stores.

For more information on Tommy’s charity, click here.