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NMH | 2024 80 Maternity & Obstetrics Community Midwifery Service Katie Cosgrove, CMM3 Community Midwives, Pia Crofton and Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin, service users and Clodagh Manning, CMM2 Community Midwives, at an event celebrating 25 years of the Community Midwifery Service. T he Community Midwifery Service is now in its 26th year of service at The National Maternity Hospital. In April 2024, we celebrated the 25th anniversary marking a major milestone. Mrs Sabina Higgins was our guest of honour and it was a wonderful celebration in Kilruddery House, Co Wicklow. Also in attendance were key supporters, including Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly, Martina Queally, Regional Executive Officer HSE Dublin and South East, along with past and present midwives and service users. Since its inception, our community services have provided midwifery care to over 35,000 women during their pregnancy and post-birth. The Domino and homebirth services have supported more than 10,000 women through their pregnancy, labour, and postnatal period, including facilitating over 800 home births. Our care is delivered through three main components: 1. Domino and Homebirth Service 2. Antenatal Care in Outlying Clinics: providing care for women on a supported or assisted care pathway. Certain clinics have liaison Consultant Obstetricians on set days each month 3. Early Transfer Home Programme (ETH): provides midwifery-led postnatal care, support, and advice in the comfort of women's homes. Domino and Homebirth Service The aims of the Domino and Homebirth service are: - To provide continuity of care to low-risk women on the supported care pathway throughout pregnancy, labour, and the postnatal period. - To offer 24-hour midwifery care for all women booked with the scheme. - To have a Domino midwife providing care during labour. - To enable early discharge home for continued postnatal care with home visits. Domino and Homebirth Antenatal Clinics The antenatal clinics are held at primary care centres around South Dublin and Wicklow, including Blackrock Centric Health, Churchtown, Primary Care Centre, Leopardstown Primary Care Centre, Bray Primary Care Centre, Greystones Primary Care Centre and Newtownmountkennedy Primary Care Centre. We encourage all women to receive combined care with