midwife

Converse of object

• practice: The political backdrop provided by her stories describes the context in which black midwives practiced and continue to practice.
• qualify: Newly qualified midwives worry that they will be found out for not knowing ' enough ' .
• educate: I think someone should educate the midwives against this.
• employ: If the Trust has a midwifery shortage it can employ an independent midwife, as other Trusts have done.
• ring: Graham got back at about 9:30, and we decided to ring the midwife and let her know what was going on.
• ask: If you are in any doubt ask the midwife, she may be able to guide you better.

Preposition: in

attendance: Additional drivers will be provided overnight so that, for instance, a maternity patient could be transferred with a midwife in attendance.

Adjective modifier

• domiciliary: On returning to the UK Mary worked as a domiciliary midwife.
• qualified: Separate module handbooks highlight the differing needs of qualified midwives.
• registered: Even in England some women choose to birth their babies without registered midwives or doctors in attendance.
• trained: Trained midwives will provide information at ante natal checks and use future appointments to help women to kick the habit.
• independent: I mourn what has happened to independent midwives with the refusal by the RCM to ensure them.
• experienced: Not rocket science you cry, every experienced midwife knows that!

Modifies a noun

shortage: We already have an acute nursing and midwife shortage in the UK that is affecting patient care.

Noun used with modifier

• on-call: So I called the delivery suite who told me that Rachael, the on-call midwife, would ring me back.
• trainee: The change in policy followed a landmark legal victory won by three trainee midwives, backed by UNISON, in June.
• community: The service was provided in addition to routine visits by the community midwife.
• consultant: EH asked if a new consultant midwife would be appointed now that Sue Burvill had left the Trust.
• NHS: We were signed up with the Brierley midwives, a group of six NHS midwives in southeast London specializing in home birth.
• student: Gloria arrived at 8.30 am with her student midwife, Sophie.