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30/05/2025

Have you been cared for by the Iris Midwifery Team? Then we want to hear from you.

We are interested to hear about the midwifery care you received from the team as part of a service evaluation.

You will receive a letter in the post from NHS Tayside asking you to complete an online survey. Participation is completely voluntary and is anonymous. The survey will only take 15 minutes.

Well done everyone
28/05/2025

Well done everyone

Congratulations to the team behind the ‘Hello in there wee one’ book, which won the Creative and Innovative Practice category at the Advancing Health Awards UK 2025 and was also named Overall Winner at last week’s awards ceremony 🏆

The book was created in partnership between NHS Tayside’s infant mental health team, Dundee Contemporary Arts (DCA), Dundee City Council and University of Dundee. It is given to all expecting families across Dundee, free of charge, at their 16-week midwifery appointment to support expectant parents to communicate and bond with their baby.

Since launching last year, the book has already reached 600 families and has been translated into multiple languages, including Dundonian Scots.

The project is also a finalist in the Partnership of the Year category and the People’s Choice Award in the Scottish Charity Awards which take place in June.

Please speak to your community midwife if you haven't already received one.
16/05/2025

Please speak to your community midwife if you haven't already received one.

The ‘Hello in there wee one’ book, which supports expectant parents to communicate and bond with their baby, has been nominated for two national awards.

The project is a finalist in the Partnership of the Year category, and therefore also the People’s Choice Award, in the Scottish Charity Awards, as well as the Award for Creative and Innovative Practice at the Advancing Healthcare Awards.

Members of the public can vote for ‘Hello In There Wee One’ in the Scottish Charity Awards People’s Choice Award at https://scvo.scot/scottish-charity-awards/vote/2025/partnership-of-the-year/dundee-contemporary-arts-nhs-tayside-dundee-city-council-and-university-of-dundee-hello-in-there-wee-one.

Created in partnership between NHS Tayside’s infant mental health team, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee City Council and University of Dundee, the book is given to all expecting families across Dundee, free of charge, at their 16-week midwifery appointment. It has already reached 600 families and has been translated into multiple languages, including Dundonian Scots.

‘Hello In There Wee One’ was designed with input from local families who worked with Dundee artist Louise Kirby to create colourful illustrations of local landmarks, including RRS Discovery, Broughty Castle and Dundee Law. The content of the book was also informed by the experience and advice of professionals across midwifery, health visiting, family nurse practitioners, infant mental health, speech and language therapists, and social work teams.

Nurse Director for Acute Services Lesley Sharkey said, “Research shows and clinical practice tells us that babies' emotional health and wellbeing begins before they are born. ‘Hello In There Wee One’ helps parents in Dundee find ways to bond with their babies before they arrive. This can help build strong bonds between babies and the important people in their lives right from the start, and supports infant development and mental health.”

The book is also available to view on the NHS Tayside website at https://www.nhstayside.scot.nhs.uk/OurServicesA-Z/MaternityServices/PROD_377680/index.htm?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBEwejVHVTI1QkQzY2thNDB1MwEe-FG66GyRz0rRBsNsy5GzdHu1vmD64R-AvckYhBZDlDFMi1K15jdwokrkyyw_aem_9bxvKn1C5mUd8Kox3LJRgg

12/05/2025

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08/05/2025

***Join our Team*** Healthcare Support Worker, Maternity Services Birth in Dundee

A range of exciting opportunities have arisen to work within our Maternity Services Team. The successful applicants will be required to work within the inpatient maternity services providing a high standard of care to women and their families.

The successful candidate’s role will be diverse, working in partnership with the multidisciplinary team to support and care for women and their families accessing our services. This will include supporting women and their families in the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal settings. There will also be an expectation for you to provide infant feeding support and working collaboratively to promote the delivery of evidence based care.

Various positions are available and will be based within the Ninewells maternity unit.

You must have completed your Health Care Support Worker Induction Standards and have extensive experience working as a Health Care Support Worker to be considered for this post.

*Informal enquiries to: Gill O’Donnell, Senior Charge Midwife, 01382 660111.

For more information or to apply please click on the link:- https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/JobDetail?JobId=215090

Birth in Dundee would like to wish all midwives past and present a Happy International day of the midwife. If you would ...
05/05/2025

Birth in Dundee would like to wish all midwives past and present a Happy International day of the midwife.

If you would like to give a shout out to any midwife and thank them for the care and dedication they have shown please leave a comment below.

Let's celebrate the amazing work midwives do. 🥰💙🩷🤰🤱🧑‍🍼

The Birth in Dundee team would like to wish all mothers a very happy mothers day. 🥰💙🩷
30/03/2025

The Birth in Dundee team would like to wish all mothers a very happy mothers day. 🥰💙🩷

Happy International Woman's day to all the amazing women we have met and worked with throughout the years. 🥰
08/03/2025

Happy International Woman's day to all the amazing women we have met and worked with throughout the years. 🥰

24/02/2025

Please note

The community midwives office voicemail is now working. You can now leave a message if you don't get an answer.

24/02/2025

Please note

The community midwives office voicemail is not currently working. We are unable to retrieve any messages that have been left. If you have left a message recently and not heard back from a midwife, please contact the office again. If you need to contact the office for any reason please do not leave a message and just keep trying to contact the office until further notice.

24/02/2025

Did you have your baby in the Dundee Midwifery Unit? If so, we are looking for your help. We are looking to update the photographs on the walls in the unit. If you have any photos of your time in the unit that you would be happy for us to display could you please DM them to us.

If you are happy for us to display your photo within the Dundee Midwifery Unit, please end your message with " I give my permission to display these photos within the Dundee Midwifery Unit". Otherwise we won't be able to use the photographs.

Please note depending on how many photographs we receive. We may not be able to display all them.

Thank you in advance

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