02 November 2018 02 Nov 2018

Operating department practitioners and midwives: The undervalued obstetric care collaboration

During a caesarean birth, the midwifery team is required to work with multiple professions as part of a unique team dynamic (Chief Nursing Officers of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, 2010; Hewitt, 2014) This includes operating department practitioners (ODPs), who work as peri- and postoperative practitioners, a working relationship that is seldom acknowledged or considered in the literature