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The impact of COVID-19 on maternity care To explore the impact of COVID-19 on maternity care, Prof. Valerie Smith and colleagues in the School of Nursing and Midwifery evaluated both clinical and experiential outcomes in a two-phase study at one hospital site in Ireland. Prof. Valerie Smith, Dr Sunita Panda, Dr Deirdre O’Malley: School of Nursing and Midwifery, TCD Ms Paula Barry, Ms Nora Vallejo: Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital Funding: Trinity College Dublin’s Office of the Dean of Research COVID-19 Response Fund Background In March of 2020, the first of a series of national lockdowns was implemented in Ireland as a means of reducing the community spread of COVID-19. This resulted in changes to maternity care practices that had the potential to impact on the clinical and experiential outcomes of women accessing maternity care during this time. Some of these changes included policies of restrictive visiting (e.g. one designated p ....
With restaurants closed and all of us spending more time in our kitchens, it was inevitable that lockdown would prove a fertile ground for a crop of new home cooks. According to an international study led by Queens University Belfast and National University of Ireland Galway, we’re ditching ready meals and takeaways. The research, which was carried out last May, seems to suggest that with a little more time on our hands, many of us are now dining on dishes made from scratch. From relying on jars of pasta sauce to relying on Mary Berry, Gearóid Óg Ó Greacháin from Co Clare has a newfound appetite for cooking. He says: “Before the pandemic, I would have been able to make pasta and toast and I’d have been proud of myself for pouring a jar of Dolmio Bolognese onto mince! ....