'No Man׳s Land': An exploration of the traumatic experiences of student midwives in practice

This study also highlighted the potential alienation of students when placed in the maelstrom of a busy obstetric unit. The Birthplace study (Brocklehurst et al., 2011), NHS England's Five Year Forward View (NHS England, 2014) and NICE (2014) all recommend increasing the numbers of out-of-hospital births: it seems likely that such a reorganisation of care would improve the experiences of mothers and those who care for them during birth. As part of a 'design for compassionate care' (Crawford et al., 2014) it is important to foster spaces, processes and resources which are compassionate to practitioners and students.