Publications
It is vital that midwives and service user representatives in Angus share their good practice through writing articles, speaking at conferences and offering training.
Articles about Montrose
Stuart, A. (2009)'From Consultant to midwife-led care; a personal reflection.' Practising Midwife 12(5), pp38-39.
Winters, P. (2006) 'Holding up a mirror: the impact of user involvement', AIMS Journal 18(3), pp.12-13. [Available online]
Winters, P. & Duckett, I. (2006) 'Like ducks to water', Practising Midwife 9(6), pp.22-23.
Nicoll, A. & Winters, P. (2006) 'Community maternity units - what can they do?' Distributed at North of Scotland Maternity Services Framework Group, February.
Nicoll, A., Hoggins, K. & Winters, P. (2005) 'Waterbirth - changing attitudes', AIMS Journal 17(4). [Available online]
Leatherbarrow, B., Winters, P., Macleod, L., Nicoll, A., McNicol, K. & Hoggins, K. (2004) 'From vision to reality: the development of a community maternity unit', RCM Midwives 7(5), pp.212-215.
Peer reviewed articles
Winter, C. et al. (2007) 'Variation in policies for management of the third stage of labour and the immediate management of postpartum haemorrhage in Europe', BJOG 114(7), pp.845-54. [Available online]
Winter, C. & Cameron, J. (2006) 'The 'stages' model of labour: Deconstructing a myth', British Journal of Midwifery 14(8), pp.454-456.
Books
Winter, C. & Duff, M. (2009) 'The Progress of Labour: Orderly Chaos?' in McCourt, C. (ed.) Childbirth, Midwifery and Concepts of Time. Oxford: Berghahn Books, pp.84-103.
General articles
In addition, user representative Avril Nicoll guest edited the AIMS Journal 18(6) on free-standing birth centres [more details here] and contributed an article on waterbirth in Scotland ('Water, water everywhere?') to the NCT New Digest (2006, 39, pp.20-21). She has also written an online article for speech and language therapists about the 2008 Nursing & Midwifery Council's Midwifery Conference (Stop.Think.Change.) at which she was invited to speak about midwives and women working together at Montrose with midwifery team leader Phyllis Winters.
